John   G.  Newman

Professor  

Office: BSABH 2.404
Phone: (956) 882-7020
Email: john.newman@utrgv.edu

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Dr. John G. Newman

John Newman was born in Seattle. He holds B.A. Education, M.S. Geography, and Ph.D. Linguistics degrees. He has taught at universities in Poland, China, and the US.





Selected Publications


  • John Newman. Token. 9, 2020.

  • John Newman. "Getting Started: How to Create a Primer for HEL," Teaching the History of the English Language (Options in Teaching Series). New York, New York: Modern Language Association, 2019: 205-212.

  • John Newman. Token. 8, 2019.

  • John Newman. "An Account of the Old and Middle English Negative Indefinite Naenig," Studies in English Medieval Languages and Literatures . Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 56, no. 1st August 2019: 177-192.

  • John Newman. Token. 7, 2018.

  • John Newman. Token. 6, 2017.

  • John Newman. "Plural Marking in the Old and Middle English nd-Stems Feond and Freond," Studies in the History of the English Language VII. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2016: 239-261.

  • John Newman. Token. 5, 2016.

  • John Newman. Token. 4, 2015.

  • John Newman and Sylwester Lodej. "From Less Irreverence to Less Reverence: Semantic and Pragmatic Change in the Adjective 'Holy' in American English," Studies in Middle and Modern English: Historical Change. Osaka: The Japanese Association for Studies in the History of the English Language/Osaka Books, no. 1st edition 2014: 133-151.



Selected Presentations


  • John Newman. "Words for "Sailor" in the English Lexicon," 6th Meeting of the University of Warsaw Institute of English Studies Linguistic Circle, Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (June 2019)

  • John Newman. "Phonological Conditioning and Noun Plural Formation in Medieval English," WLS Linguistics Seminar, WLS, UTRGV, UTRGV (Edinburg) (October 2018)

  • John Newman. "The Negative Indefinites naenig and nan in Old and Middle English," 3rd Meeting of the University of Warsaw Institute of English Studies Linguistic Circle, Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (July 2017)

  • John Newman. "The Obsolescence and Loss of the Old and Middle English Negative Indefinite Næniʒ," 10th International Conference on Middle English, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway (May 2017)

  • John Newman. "Frequency of Occurrence and Analogical Change: Evidence from the s-Pluralization of Middle English eare ‘ear’ and eaȝe ‘eye’," WLS Linguistics Seminar, WLS, UTRGV, UTRGV (Edinburg) (April 2017)

  • John Newman. "Words for 'Sailor' in the History of English," WLS Linguistics Seminar, WLS, Edinburg (November 2016)

  • John Newman. "The Partitive Genitive with fela and feawe in Old and Middle English," 1st Meeting of the University of Warsaw Institute of English Studies Linguistic Circle, Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (July 2016)

  • John Newman. "The Partitive Genitive with 'fela' and 'feawe' in Medieval English," Studies in the History of the English Language, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (June 2015)

  • John Newman. "Frequency Effects and Plural Number Marking in Two Old English nd-Stem Nouns," Doctoral Seminar, Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (July 2014)

  • John Newman. "Token Frequency and Plural Number Marking in the Old and Middle English Masculine nd-Stems Feond and Freond," Studies in the History of the English Language, Brighan Young University, Provo, Utah (September 2013)

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ENGL 4360 90L - Fundm of Lang Development:
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ENGL 4365 90L - History of English Language:
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ENGL 3361 90L - Intro to Descript Liguistics:
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