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Sam Wolfe is a Professor of French and Romance Linguistics at the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics. He holds roles as a Tutor and Fellow of St Catherine's College. His research focuses on grammatical variation, acquisition, and change in Romance languages, with particular expertise in French, Occitan, Spanish, and Italian dialects. Key contributions include works like Syntactic Change in French (2021) and edited volumes such as Rethinking Verb Second (2020). His current research explores morphosyntactic differentiation in Romance languages, funded by a Philip Leverhulme Prize. Wolfe teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Romance linguistics, historical linguistics, and language acquisition. He actively contributes to educational initiatives, including projects to increase care-leavers' access to higher education and governance roles in multi-academy trusts.
- Education: Not explicitly stated in provided text.
- Research Interests: Syntactic change, V2 systems, medieval Romance languages, morphosyntax, language contact.
Wolfe’s publications span monographs, edited volumes, and peer-reviewed articles on topics such as verb-second phenomena, cartographic syntax, and syntactic stability. He has held editorial roles for major handbooks, including the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Syntactic Cartography (2025). His work bridges theoretical syntax and historical linguistics, emphasizing microvariation and parametric stability across Romance languages.
