Peter Grenville TAYLOR
born: 1954 (Liverpool, UK)
British citizen
Education
1965-73 Liverpool College.
1973 Merton College (Oxford University): postmastership
(open scholarship)
1973-77 Oxford University (Merton College): Honour
Moderations in Classical Literature; Final Honour School of
Literae Humaniores (BA, MA).
1981 Institute for Applied Language Studies (University
of Edinburgh): course in Applied Linguistics.
Professional activities & appointments
1978-80 British Institute of Florence: EFL teacher.
1982-87 University of Pisa, Faculty of Modern Languages:
foreign language lecturer.
1987-2000 University of Florence, Degree Course in Modern
Languages (Facolt di Magistero, Facolt di Lettere e Filosofia):
foreign language lecturer.
1991/93 European University Institute: academic writing
courses for doctoral students (`Cours de langues' department) &
English Language courses for academic & non-academic staff.
1994/2001 University of Bologna, Degree Course in
Communication Sciences: contract professor in charge of ‘English
Text Composition' & ‘English Language' courses.
2001-2004 University of Bologna (Faculty of Letters):
researcher/permanent lecturer (English Language & Linguistics)
- trial period.
2005 - University of Bologna (Faculty of Letters):
researcher/permanent lecturer (English Language &
Linguistics).
Main research interests
English Grammar/Structure
Comparative Syntax (English vs. Romance, English vs.
other Germanic languages, English vs. Greek)
Argumentation in written texts (grammar & lexis of
assertion)
Peter Taylor
Ricercatore confermato (L-LIN/12)
Codice 32323
Dipartimento di Discipline della Comunicazione
Universit di Bologna
Via Azzo Gardino, 23
40122 BOLOGNA
petertaylor@tin.it
peter.taylor@unibo.it
