Gillian Ramchand | |
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Occupation | Linguist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Magdalen College, University of Oxford |
Main interests | Syntax, Semantics, Argument structure |
Gillian Ramchand (born 1965) is a linguist who specializes in syntax, semantics, and the syntax-semantics interface. As of 2024, she is Professor of Syntax and Semantics at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. [1] [2]
Ramchand grew up in Jamaica and Trinidad and received her PhD in linguistics from Stanford University in 1994, with a dissertation entitled, " Aspect and Argument Structure in Modern Scottish Gaelic." [3] She subsequently spent 10 years working at the University of Oxford as a lecturer in general linguistics before moving to Tromsø in 2004, where she became full professor two years later in 2006. [4] [5] In 2024, she returned to Oxford as Professor of Syntax and Semantics. [1]
Her widely cited research [6] focuses on the syntax- semantics interface, especially argument structure. [1] She has worked on a variety of languages, including Scottish Gaelic, Bengali, and English. [7]
Ramchand was Chairperson of Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW) from 2017-2022. [8] [7]
In 2018 Ramchand was elected to the Academy of Europe. [9]