Dr John Lowe | Christ Church, Oxford

Qualifications

M.A., M.Phil., D.Phil

Role or Position

Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in Linguistics

Email address

john.lowe@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk

Academic Background

2001-2005: M.A. in Oriental Studies (Classics with Sanskrit), St Hugh's College, Oxford.
2007-2009: M.Phil. in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology, Wolfson College, Oxford.
2009-2012: D.Phil. in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology, Wolfson College, Oxford.

Undergraduate Teaching

I give lectures, classes and tutorials for Prelims linguistics; I give tutorials for FHS Linguistics, and have previously given tutorials in Language for FHS Human Sciences. I teach language classes on Old Avestan and Ancient Greek grammar, and have given tutorials in Classical Philology for FHS Lit. Hum.

Research Interests

I am working on syntactic variation in the conversational language of Sanskrit drama. I have recently completed my D.Phil. on the syntax and semantics of participles in Ṛgvedic Sanskrit; I am also working more widely on syntax within the framework of Lexical Functional Grammar.

My research interests include: Sanskrit language and linguistics, Syntactic theory (primarily Lexical Functional Grammar), the syntax-phonology interface, formal semantics, Indo-Iranian comparative and historical linguistics (Sanskrit, Prakrit, Avestan, Old Persian), Greek and Latin historical linguistics, Indo-European comparative philology, Ancient Indian grammatical tradition, Germanic comparative and historical linguistics (especially Gothic, Old Norse).

Publications include

(2013), 'Indo-European Caland Adjectives in *-nt- and Participles in Sanskrit', to appear in Historische Sprachforschung 126.
(2012),'Caland Adjectives and Participles in the Ṛgveda: the case of -āna-', in Stephanie W. Jamison, H. Craig Melchert and Brent Vine (eds.), Proceedings of the 23rd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Bremen: Hempen.
(2011), 'Negated Participles in Rgvedic Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European', Indo-Iranian Journal 54(1), pp. 19–38.
(2011), 'Rgvedic clitics and 'Prosodic Movement'', in Miriam Butt and Tracy Holloway King (eds.), Proceedings of the LFG11 Conference, Stanford, Ca.: CSLI Publications, pp. 360–380.

Hobbies

Reading (especially Karl Barth, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Wodehouse); football; running; collecting coins; and, if I ever have the time, playing guitar.

Links

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~shug1472/
http://oxford.academia.edu/JohnLowe


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	College News Admissions Undergraduate Admissions Studying at Christ Church College Prospectus Course Information Living at Christ Church Making an Application Financial Information Open Days Access Initiatives Graduate Admissions Contact Admissions Yr12 Study Afternoons 2013 Students & Staff Academic & Research Staff College Officers Subject Areas University Of Oxford	Dr John Lowe Qualifications M.A., M.Phil., D.Phil Role or Position Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in Linguistics Email address john.lowe@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk Academic Background 2001-2005: M.A. in Oriental Studies (Classics with Sanskrit), St Hugh's College, Oxford. 2007-2009: M.Phil. in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology, Wolfson College, Oxford. 2009-2012: D.Phil. in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology, Wolfson College, Oxford. Undergraduate Teaching I give lectures, classes and tutorials for Prelims linguistics; I give tutorials for FHS Linguistics, and have previously given tutorials in Language for FHS Human Sciences. I teach language classes on Old Avestan and Ancient Greek grammar, and have given tutorials in Classical Philology for FHS Lit. Hum. Research Interests I am working on syntactic variation in the conversational language of Sanskrit drama. I have recently completed my D.Phil. on the syntax and semantics of participles in Ṛgvedic Sanskrit; I am also working more widely on syntax within the framework of Lexical Functional Grammar. My research interests include: Sanskrit language and linguistics, Syntactic theory (primarily Lexical Functional Grammar), the syntax-phonology interface, formal semantics, Indo-Iranian comparative and historical linguistics (Sanskrit, Prakrit, Avestan, Old Persian), Greek and Latin historical linguistics, Indo-European comparative philology, Ancient Indian grammatical tradition, Germanic comparative and historical linguistics (especially Gothic, Old Norse). Publications include (2013), 'Indo-European Caland Adjectives in -nt- and Participles in Sanskrit', to appear in Historische Sprachforschung 126. (2012),'Caland Adjectives and Participles in the Ṛgveda: the case of -āna-', in Stephanie W. Jamison, H. Craig Melchert and Brent Vine (eds.), Proceedings of the 23rd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Bremen: Hempen. (2011), 'Negated Participles in Rgvedic Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European', Indo-Iranian Journal 54(1), pp. 19–38. (2011), 'Rgvedic clitics and 'Prosodic Movement'', in Miriam Butt and Tracy Holloway King (eds.), Proceedings of the LFG11 Conference, Stanford, Ca.: CSLI Publications, pp. 360–380. Hobbies Reading (especially Karl Barth, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Wodehouse); football; running; collecting coins; and, if I ever have the time, playing guitar. Links http://users.ox.ac.uk/~shug1472/ http://oxford.academia.edu/JohnLowe Updated:* Monday 22nd October 2012 21:11 Printable Version