Teaching

I have been responsible for teaching a number of courses at NTNU, many co-taught with colleagues, including but not limited to:

• Global English (ENG1001), an introduction to the history, varieties, and sociopolitical role of English in the modern world
• English Linguistics (ENG1101), an introduction to the formal linguistics of English (phonology, morphology, syntax)
• Theoretical Approaches to English Linguistics (ENG2155), an intermediate course in formal syntax (of a broadly Chomskyan sort) as applied to English
• Theories in Linguistics (SPRÅK3002), a general overview of linguistic theory/ies
• Semantics and Pragmatics (SPRÅK3200), a masters-level introduction to the analysis of meaning at the level of the word, the sentence, and conversation
• Linguistic Theory and Comparative Grammar (SPRÅK3210), a course which does what it says on the tin especially with respect to the comparison of English and Norwegian syntax
• Special Subject in English Language (ENG3110), an advanced course in English linguistics whose topic changes from year to year. Topics I have taught include syntactic variation in English dialects, and ellipsis and verbal anaphora.

Advising

I always welcome inquiries from prospective masters students. I particularly welcome proposals within comparative syntax (e.g. investigating understudied dialects of English, or comparing English and Norwegian), or proposals that have to do with ellipsis, but I am very happy to consider advising masters theses in any area within syntax or semantics. I’m also happy to consider (co)supervision of projects looking at other aspects of variation in/varieties of English, or to advise on the language component of an interdisciplinary thesis within English (for example, my cultural-history colleague Astrid Rasch and I have cosupervised a primarily historical thesis on the decline of Scottish Gaelic/rise of English in the Scottish highlands in the 18th and 19th centuries).

I also welcome inquiries from prospective PhD students. Here it will of course be more necessary than at the MA level to have clear intersection with my specific areas of research, and potential applicants are encouraged to review my Research and papers page to see if we might be a good fit. PhD supervisees would also be expected to actively participate in the ForMAAL (Formal, Mental, and Acquisitional Approaches to Language) research group.

If you are an interested prospective advisee, drop me an email at andrew dot weir at ntnu dot no.