Academic Staff

Professor Andrew Spencer

Staff positionProfessor of Linguistics
E-mailspena (non Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk)
Telephone2188 (non Essex users should add 01206-87 to the beginning of this number)
Fax2198
Room4.334
BiographyHe read Neurobiology at the University of Sussex and obtained a doctorate in Linguistics from the University of Essex in 1980. His current research interests centre on the theory of morphology and on morphosyntax, and he also has an interest in Slavic linguistics. He is the author of Morphological Theory (Blackwell, 1991), and Phonology (Blackwell, 1996), Clitics (2012, CUP, with A. Luís), Lexical Relatedness: a Paradigm-based Model (to appear, OUP). He co-edited the Handbook of Morphology (Blackwell, 1998 with A Zwicky), Projecting Morphology (CSLI, 2004, with L. Sadler) and The Oxford Handbook of Case (2009, OUP, co-editor, A. Malchukov).

Websitehttp://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~spena/
QualificationsBSc Sussex, PhD Essex.
Current research
  • Paradigm-based morphological theory
  • Lexical relatedness
  • Inflectional periphrasis
  • Case
  • Morphosyntax/typology of possessive/modification constructions
Research interests
  • Morphology
  • Lexical semantics
  • Argument structure
  • Clitics
  • Slavic linguistics
Teaching responsibilitiesLG101-4-FY -  Skills for the Linguistics of English

LG207-5-FY - Structure of English

LG287-5-FY - Meaning & Words

LG472-6-AU - Morphology

LG472-7-AU - Morphology

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Last modified on 13 October 2011.