Newcastle University

Introduction

I specialize in Spanish and Romance syntax, particularly issues relating to the ordering of the major constituents. Currently I am interested in historical patterns of syntactic development, including apparent verb second effects in Old Spanish.

I am also interested in standardization and the way it impacts both language users and professional analysts of language.

My theoretical approach reflects an uneasy tension between strict Chomskyan Minimalism and Milroy-style sociolinguistic scepticism.

Prospective research students are very welcome to contact me to discuss possible projects in any area relating to Spanish syntax. Topics in French syntax will also be considered.

Undergraduate Teaching

SML1018 Texts & contexts: an introduction to literature

SML1019 Introduction to Linguistics

SPA2019 World Spanish

SPA2061 Level C Spanish General Language

SPA4061 Level D Spanish General Language

Postgraduate Teaching

SPA8016 Syntax and History of Spanish

• Mackenzie IE. 'Se azotaron a los delincuentes': A Case Study in Arbitrary Exclusion. Bulletin of Spanish Studies 2013. In Press.
• Mackenzie IE. Participle–object agreement in French and the theory of grammatical viruses. Journal of Romance Studies 2013, 13(1), 19-133.
• Mackenzie IE, van der Wurff W. Relic syntax in Middle English and Medieval Spanish: parameter interaction in language change. Language 2012, 88(4), 846-876.
• Armstrong NR, Mackenzie IE. Standardization, ideology and linguistics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
• Mackenzie I. Refining the V2 hypothesis for Old Spanish. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 2010, 87(4), 379-396.
• MacKenzie I. Unaccusative Verbs in Romance Languages. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
• MacKenzie I. Achievement Verbs in Medieval and Modern Spanish. In: Wright, R; Ricketts, P, ed. Studies on Ibero-Romance Linguistics: Dedicated to Ralph Penny. Newark: Juan de la Cuesta, 2005, pp.375-390.
• Mackenzie I. Edward Sapir in current linguistics. Lines of continuity in the history of linguistics. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 2005, 82(3), 382-383.
• Mackenzie I. Palenque, Cartagena and the Afro-Caribbean: history and language. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 2005, 82(1), 105-106.
• Bradley PT, MacKenzie I. Spanish: an Essential Grammar. London: Routledge, 2004.
• MacKenzie I. Speech and its constituents: Studies in generative syntax [Book review]. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 2004, 81(2), 242-243.
• MacKenzie I. Bare Nouns in Spanish. Bulletin of Spanish Studies 2003, 80(1), 1-12.
• Mackenzie I. The impact of English on Puerto Rican Spanish: A comparative analysis. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 2003, 80(4), 574.
• MacKenzie I. The Spanish subjunctive: The philosophical dimension. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 2002, 79(1), 1-13.
• MacKenzie I. A Linguistic Introduction to Spanish. Munich: Lincom Europa, 2001.
• MacKenzie I. Basic functional syntax of Spanish: Strata, properties and operations. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 2000, 77(4), 631-632.
• Mackenzie IE. English grammar for students of Spanish. Modern Language Review 2000, 95(4), 1097-1098.
• MacKenzie I. Marginal codification in Spanish. Hispanic Research Journal 2000, 1(3), 215-227.
• MacKenzie IE. Semantics of Spanish Verbal Categories. Bern; New York: Peter Lang, 1999.
• MacKenzie I. Introduction to linguistic philosophy. Thousand Oaks, California, USA: Sage Publications, Inc, 1997.
• MacKenzie I. Dialectal variation in the verbal categories of Peruvian Spanish. Swindon: Economic & Social Research Council, 1996.
• MacKenzie I (contributor). Diccionario Oxford Avanzado para Estudiantes de Inglés. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
• MacKenzie I. The supposed imperfectivity of the Latin American perfect. Hispanic Linguistics 1995, 6/7, 29-60.
• MacKenzie I. Evidence from Spanish against Russell's theory of descriptions. Newcastle & Durham Working Papers in Linguistics 1994, 2, 99-110.
• MacKenzie I. The role of aspect in the temporal interpretation of Spanish discourse. Journal of Hispanic Research 1994, 3, 31-43.