Dr. Phillip Wallage
Research Fellow
Address: S4.02, HLG
Phone: +44 (0) 161 275 8051
email (work): phillip.wallage@manchester.ac.ukOffice Hours: Thursdays 11-12
Research specialisation
English historical syntax, Old, Middle and Early Modern English, linguistic change, quantitative approaches to language variation and change, syntactic theory (particularly Minimalism) and corpus linguistics.
My current research entitled 'Changes to negation in the Modern English period 1500-1900' concentrates on changes to the syntax of negation, particularly addressing how changes to sentential negation and multiple negation can be modelled syntactically and quantitatively.
My research is currently funded by a Research Fellowship from the Faculty of Humanities, University of Manchester.
Publications
- 'Jespersen's Cycle in Middle English: Parametric Variation and Grammatical Competition' (currently in preparation).
- 'Movement dependencies and sentential negation strategies in Old English poetry and prose' (currently in preparation).
- On the status of 'ne' in Old English Prose and Poetry, in J. Close, A Galani, R. Sinar and P.W. Wallage. (eds) (2006) York Papers in Linguistics 5
- 'Jespersen's Cycle in Middle English: what diachronic data reveal about the syntax of early English negation.' Paper given to the Grammatical Models Group, University of Tilburg, October 2006.
- 'Movement dependencies and sentential negation strategies in Old English prose and poetry.' Paper presented at ICEHL 14, University of Bergamo, August 2006.
- 'The loss of multiple negation in early English: a consequence of Jespersen's Cycle?' Paper presented at Directions in English Language Studies, University of Manchester, April 2006.
- 'A Minimalist Account of Jespersen's Cycle in Middle English: Evidence from diachronic change.' Paper presented at New Reflections on Grammaticalisation 3, University of Santiago, July 2005.
Professional biography
October 2005-September 2006:
ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester.
October 2001-September 2005:
PhD in Linguistics, Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York. Thesis title: 'Negation in Early English: Parametric Variation and Grammatical Competition'.
October 2000-September 2001:
MA in Syntax and Semantics, Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York.
October 1996-June 2000:
MA (Hons) in English Language, Department of English Language, University of Edinburgh.
Teaching Areas
Semester 2 (2007)
Investigating English Grammar. I have also taught courses on Old, Middle and Early Modern English.