I am a professor of English Language and Linguistics in the Department of Language and Literature (ISL) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.

I specialize in generative syntax and semantics, and grammatical interfaces (primarily syntax/semantics but also syntax/phonology). My work particularly focuses on the syntax and semantics of ellipsis (especially clausal ellipsis), dialect and register variation (particularly syntactic and semantic features of dialects of English, especially Scottish English, and of ‘reduced written register’ such as diaries, text messages, headlines etc.). I am also interested in comparative syntax more generally, in particular between English(es) and Norwegian or other Scandinavian languages.

I am the joint leader, with Anne Dahl, of the research group ForMAAL (Formal, Mental, and Acquisitional Approaches to Language) at ISL.

Some more about me, my research, and my teaching can be found at the links above.

Contact

Email: andrew dot weir at ntnu dot no

Correspondence address:
Institutt for språk og litteratur
NTNU
7491 Trondheim
Norway