Welcome to Everything Allison!

As the name of this blog suggests, I'm Allison! I'm currently a Masters student at the University of Sheffield - where I also did my undergrad. My research interests primarily lie in theoretical syntax and the intersection between literature and linguistics. 

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My undergraduate dissertation combined these two interests by using generative syntactic theory to explore Dido, Queen of Carthage and Edward II, two plays by the Renaissance playwright Christopher Marlowe. I was primarily interested in clauses in both plays where the verb preceded the subject, for example:

                 ‘That Earle of Lancaster do I abhorre’

I plan to continue researching this phenomenon for my Masters dissertation this year. 

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I started this blog in the summer between the second and third year of my undergraduate degree because I was working on a research project with Dr Robyn Orfitelli as part of the SURE scheme at the University. I have since continued that research on Spanish, as well as working on my own literary linguistic research on Marlowe. 

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This blog is intended as a way of detailing my progress academically, but often, I find myself writing about the non-academic aspects of my life.