Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Overview
I am a historical sociolinguist and have previously held lecturing and teaching posts at the Universities of Newcastle and Sheffield. My research involves topics such as language standardisation, linguistic norms and literacy, and I am interested in their relation to language variation and change. I was part of the Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers project at the University of Manchester, and am currently working on an edition of the Dictionarius of John of Garland at the University of Westminster. In addition to working on eighteenth-century texts, I also work on Old and Middle English manuscripts and their scribes.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, The Old English Bede: Transmission and Textual History in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts, The University of Sheffield
Award Date: 30 Apr 2014
Master of Arts, MA Historical Language Studies, The University of Sheffield
Award Date: 1 Oct 2009
Master of Philosophy, MPhil Medieval History, University of Birmingham
Award Date: 31 Jul 2002
Bachelor of Arts, BA Medieval Studies, University of Birmingham
Award Date: 31 Jul 2000
Areas of expertise
- P Philology. Linguistics
- historical sociolinguisics
- historical linguistics
- Manuscript Studies
- Digital Humanities
- Corpus linguistics
- PE English
- Old English
- Middle English
- Late Modern English
- D111 Medieval History
- Anglo-Saxon England
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Historical Sociolinguistics
Wallis, C., 6 Jan 2026, (Accepted/In press) International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics : 3rd Edition. Nesi, H., Milin, P. & Zehentner, E. (eds.). Elsevier BVResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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A Fragment of Ælfric’s Homily for Septuagesima Sunday: Cologny-Genève, Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, MS Bodmer 2
Wallis, C., 10 Nov 2025, Old English in Switzerland: Manuscripts, Texts and Libraries. Seiler, A. & Studer-Joho, N. (eds.). Basel: Schwabe VerlagResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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English Manuscript Traditions
Wallis, C., 2 Oct 2025, New Cambridge History of the English Language: Documentation, Sources of Data and Modelling. Kytö, M. & Smitterberg, E. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Vol. 2.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Franks and Friendship: Eighteenth-Century Postal Practices in The Mary Hamilton Papers
Wallis, C., 1 Dec 2025, In: Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 48, 4, p. 449-469Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Like Father, Like Son? Scots and Intra-Writer Variation in The Mary Hamilton Papers
Wallis, C., 2025, Language Ideology, Policy, and Practice: Focus on minoritized languages past and present. Litty, S. M. & Langer, N. (eds.). Oxford: Peter Lang, (Historical Sociolinguistics; vol. 7).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Prizes
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Medium Aevum Graduate Essay Prize
Wallis, C. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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Europa-Universität Flensburg
Wallis, C. (Secondee)
13 Nov 2023 → 26 Nov 2023Activity: External visiting positions or secondments › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
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22nd International Conference on English Historical Linguistics
Wallis, C. (Chair)
1 Apr 2023 → 7 Jul 2023Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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International Society for Historical Lexicography and Lexicology (External organisation)
Wallis, C. (Academic expert member)
2023Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association › Research
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Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Wallis, C. (Peer reviewer of publications)
2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › Research
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Studia Neophilologica (Journal)
Wallis, C. (Peer reviewer of publications)
2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › Research
Datasets
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The Mary Hamilton Papers (c.1740-c.1850)
Denison, D. (Creator), Yáñez-Bouza, N. (Creator), Oudesluijs, T. (Creator), Ulph, C. (Creator), Wallis, C. (Creator), Barker, H. (Creator) & Coulombeau, S. (Creator), University of Manchester Figshare, 4 Jan 2023
DOI: 10.48420/21687809, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/The_Mary_Hamilton_Papers_c_1740-c_1850_/21687809 and one more link, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/The_Mary_Hamilton_Papers_c_1740-c_1850_/21687809/2 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Eighteenth-Century English Phonology Database (ECEP)
Beal, J. C. (Supervisor), Yanez Bouza, N. (Data Manager), Sen, R. (Other), Wallis, C. (Contributor), Bloor, R. (Other) & Pidd, M. (Other), University of Sheffield, Humanities Research Institute, 2015
Dataset
Press/Media
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Teaching with the Mary Hamilton Papers
1/02/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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Autographs and Amanuenses in the Hamilton Papers
31/07/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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‘You may depend upon it I will be more attentive to my manner of writing’: Variation and Choice in Letter Writing
9/10/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media