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Nikolas Gisborne is a Professor of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh's School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. He holds a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship (2022–2025) for his project on relative clauses and language change. Previously, he was at the Universities of Cambridge and Hong Kong before joining Edinburgh in 2002. He has held administrative roles including Head of the Linguistics and English Language department (2017–2020) and established the PPLS Skills Centre in 2016.
Education:
- BA (First Class Honours) in English, University College London (1989)
- MA in Modern English Language, University College London (1991)
- PhD in Linguistics, University College London (1996)
His research focuses on theoretical linguistics, language change, syntax, semantics, and event structure. He co-edited books such as Defaults in Morphological Theory (OUP 2017) and Constructional Approaches to English Grammar (2008). Current research explores headed relative clauses in Indo-European languages and their typological implications.
Grants and Projects:
- Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship (2022–2025)
- AHRC Research Leave Scheme (2007–2008)
He supervises PhD students in areas like historical syntax, Chinese grammaticalization, and cognitive linguistics. His lab work involves experimental studies of linguistic networks and constructicon structures.
