Ross Graham

Senior Lecturer in English Language

School of Humanities
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry
CV1 5FB

George Eliot Building
Room: GE607
Email: bsx288@coventry.ac.uk


Qualifications:

• Pg.Cert., Higher Education in Professional Practice, Coventry University
• Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Florida, Gainesville
• M. Litt, Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
• M.A., Latin American Studies, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• B.Sc., Economics, University of Ulster

Research Interests:

• Sociolinguistics
• Pidgin and creole studies
• Discourse analysis

Selected Outputs:

• Graham, R. (2010) 'The English Language in the Bay Islands of Honduras'. In Lesser Known Varieties of English. Ed. by Shreier, D. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
• Graham, R. (2005) 'Partial creolization, restructuring and covergence in Bay Islands Englishes'. English World-Wide 26 (1), 43-76
• Graham, R. (2000) 'The Bay Islands English: Stages in the evolution of a cultural identity'. In English-Speaking Communities in Latin America. Ed. by Marshall, O. New York: Macmillan: St. Martin’s Press

Research Students:

PhD:         1 current student

Other Responsibilities:

• Socrates Co-ordinator for languages in BES (since 2007)