Lisa Gotthard
PhD Linguistics & English Language
- Linguistics and English Language
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Email: l.gotthard@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Dugald Stewart Building
- City
- 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AD
Qualifications
2013-16: BA with Honours in Linguistics, University of York
2016-17: MSc (Dist.) in English Language, University of Edinburgh
- Dissertation title: The diachrony of do-support in Scots
2018-present: PhD in Linguistics and English Language, University of Edinburgh
- Working project title: A comparative-syntactic study of 16th-18th century Scots and English
Undergraduate teaching
2018-19
Tutor:
- Linguistics and English Language 1A
- Linguistics and English Language 2C: English in Time and Space.
- Also holding 3 lectures on Scots and Scottish English
2019-20
Tutor:
- Linguistics and English Language 2A
- Also tutor on TutoriAll inclusive online tutorials
Research summary
Diachronic variation and change; syntax; Scots; parsed corpora; language contact; Germanic varieties
Current research interests
My current research focuses on syntactic developments in Scots during the time of its anglicisation, i.e. when Scots fell under increasing influence from standard English in the 16th-18th century. This research involves parsing and annotating a corpus of Older Scots, analysis of diachronic change in syntax and information structure, as well as investigating outcomes of language contact.Past research interests
My interests have also included studies in formal syntactic and semantic theory.Affiliated research centres
Project activity
From February until August 2020 I am on a research visit to the University of Pennsylvania, funded by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities.
Current project grants
PhD Studentship: AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership (managed by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities)