Laurel Brinton, University of British Columbia
English
Professor
Vancouver, British Columbia
brinton@interchange.ubc.ca
Office:
(604) 822-4461
Bio/Research
I received my B.A. in English Literature from the University of California, Davis (1975) and my Ph.D. in English with a Linguistics Emphasis from the University of California, Berkeley (1981). My doctoral dissertation, directed by Julian Boyd, was entitled "The Historical Development of Aspectual...
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Bio/Research
I received my B.A. in English Literature from the University of California, Davis (1975) and my Ph.D. in English with a Linguistics Emphasis from the University of California, Berkeley (1981). My doctoral dissertation, directed by Julian Boyd, was entitled "The Historical Development of Aspectual Periphrases in English." Since completing my doctorate, I have been a member of the English Department of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, attaining the rank of Professor in 1995. I have held numerous UBC Humanities and Social Sciences small grants as well as Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC) Standard Research Grant s(1998-2000, 2007-10, 2011-2012) and a SSHRCC Leave Fellowship (1985-86). In 1999 I was awarded an Izaak Walton Killam Research Prize and in 2006 I received an Izaak Walton Killam Faculty Research Fellowship.
I am a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Historical Pragmatics, the Journal of English Linguistics, English Language and Linguistics, Anglia, and Atlantis (Journal of the Spanish Association for English and American Studies). I have reviewed widely for journals (e.g. English Language and Linguistics, Journal of Pragmatics, Language, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Journal of English Linguistics) and presses as well as vetted abstracts for a variety of conferences. I am a member of the Advisory Committee for the second edition of the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
I have organized sessions at the Modern Language Association and Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, I organized the 14th ICHL (International Conference of Historical Linguistics) held in Vancouver in August 1999, and I have organized the History of English sections for IAUPE (International Association of University Professors of English) held in August 2004 in Vancouver and in July 2012 in Beijing.
From 1997-1999, I served as Associate Head of the English Department for Graduate Studies. I am currently chair of the English Language Program in the Department of English.
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I am a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Historical Pragmatics, the Journal of English Linguistics, English Language and Linguistics, Anglia, and Atlantis (Journal of the Spanish Association for English and American Studies). I have reviewed widely for journals (e.g. English Language and Linguistics, Journal of Pragmatics, Language, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Journal of English Linguistics) and presses as well as vetted abstracts for a variety of conferences. I am a member of the Advisory Committee for the second edition of the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
I have organized sessions at the Modern Language Association and Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, I organized the 14th ICHL (International Conference of Historical Linguistics) held in Vancouver in August 1999, and I have organized the History of English sections for IAUPE (International Association of University Professors of English) held in August 2004 in Vancouver and in July 2012 in Beijing.
From 1997-1999, I served as Associate Head of the English Department for Graduate Studies. I am currently chair of the English Language Program in the Department of English.
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