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Research Degree Supervision
I would be open to supervising master's and PhD level research projects in historical and corpus linguistics, variationist studies, and the history of English, and as well as topics in Holocaust studies relating to language use, interpreters and translation, and war crimes trials.
I am currently supervising several corpus-based PhDs, a project on English-Punjabi bilingualism, and a project in pragmatics.
Research Expertise and Interests
I have a background in historical linguistics, and have undertaken research in historical syntax from formal and functional perspectives, as well as working on theoretical issues of argument structure and the nature of the variation between case and adposition.
My second research interest is in changes to English in the late 1940s following the Holocaust.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Argument realisation and argument structure in the Old English eventive noun phrase, University of Manchester
1 Sept 2019 → 15 May 2023
Award Date: 15 May 2023
Master, The syntax and semantics of purpose in the Ancient Greek of Herodotos' Histories , University of Oxford
1 Oct 2017 → 31 Jul 2019
Award Date: 31 Jul 2019
External positions
External Examiner for Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex
2024 → 2028
Research Expertise and Interests
- Syntax
- Historical linguistics
- History of English
- Lexical Functional Grammar
- Corpus Linguistics
- Holocaust Studies
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Language Use by Victims, Perpetrators, and Observers at the 1945 Belsen Trial: Confronting and Encoding the Holocaust
Taylor, R., 1 Nov 2025, In: Journal of Holocaust Research. 39, 3, p. 202-220 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lexical and functional adpositions: the view from of in Old and present-day English
Taylor, R., 4 Oct 2022, In: Glossa. 7, 1, p. 1-41 41 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Identifying alternations in historical corpus data: the genitive alternation in Old English
Taylor, R., Breban, T. & Börjars, K., 12 Oct 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: English Language and Linguistics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Argument structure and mapping theory
Findlay, J., Taylor, R. & Kibort, A., 14 Dec 2023, Handbook of Lexical Functional Grammar. Dalrymple, M. (ed.). Berlin: Language Science Press, p. 699-778 80 p. (Empirically Oriented Theoretical Morphology and Syntax; vol. 13).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Grammatical functions in the (Old English) Noun Phrase
Taylor, R., 13 Jul 2021, In: LFG Proceedings. p. 285-305 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025: Adventures in English Grammar
Taylor, R. (Organiser) & Jamil, I. (Participant)
27 Oct 2025 → 31 Oct 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Language After Genocide: Describing Mass-Murder in English at the "Zyklon-B" trial
Taylor, R. (Speaker)
24 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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34th Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe (Event)
Taylor, R. (Reviewer)
Oct 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Conference Peer-review
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English Language and the Holocaust
Taylor, R. (Speaker)
26 Mar 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Poster presentation
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The beginnings of the genitive alternation in Old and early Middle English
Taylor, R. (Speaker), Breban, T. (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Borjars, K. (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
20 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation