Gillian Ramchand Explained

Gillian Ramchand
Occupation:	Linguist
Alma Mater:	Stanford University
Workplaces:	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]}

Biography

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]} From 2025, she is returning to Oxford as Professor of Syntax and Semantics.^[1]

Her widely cited research^[6] focuses on the syntax-semantics interface, especially argument structure.https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=69MMCbkAAAAJ&hl=en She has worked on a variety of languages, including Scottish Gaelic, Bengali, and English.^[7]

Honors and distinctions

Ramchand was Chairperson of Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW) from 2017-2022.^[8]

In 2018 Ramchand was elected to the Academy of Europe.^[9]

Selected publications

• Ramchand, Gillian. 1997. Aspect and predication: The semantics of argument structure. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Adger, David, and Ramchand, Gillian. 2005. Merge and Move: Wh-dependencies revisited. Linguistic Inquiry 36(2), 161–193.
• Ramchand, Gillian, and Reiss, Charles. 2007. The Oxford handbook of linguistic interfaces. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Ramchand, Gillian. 2008. Verb meaning and the lexicon: A first phase syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Ramchand, Gillian, and Svenonius, Peter. 2014. Deriving the functional hierarchy. Language Sciences 46, 152–174.
• Ramchand, Gillian. 2018. Situations and syntactic structures: Rethinking auxiliaries and order in English. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gillian Ramchand appointed Professor of Syntax and Semantics. 22 May 2024.
2. Web site: Ramchand, Gillian. 11 June 2020.
3. Web site: Ph.D. Alumni Linguistics . 2022-03-14 . linguistics.stanford.edu . en.
4. Web site: CV . 11 June 2020.
5. Web site: Featured Linguist: Gillian Ramchand. https://web.archive.org/web/20170324063332/http://blog.linguistlist.org/fund-drive/featured-linguist-gillian-ramchand/. dead. March 24, 2017. 11 June 2020.
6. Web site: Gillian Ramchand . 2022-08-16 . scholar.google.com.
7. Web site: About - Gillian Ramchand . 8 August 2017 . 11 June 2020.
8. Web site: GLOW Board . 27 November 2013 . 11 June 2020.
9. Web site: Academy of Europe: Ramchand Gillian . 2023-02-18 . www.ae-info.org.