About Danny Bate – “you know, that etymology guy”
Born in rural Norfolk on a stormy* night**, this is the personal website of Danny Bate, a linguist, language teacher and someone uncomfortable writing in the third person.
I feel I have a vocation: to use the scientific insights of linguistics to make languages easier to understand and learn. The aim of this website is to have a space in which I can share this passion with everyone who’s interested, whether it be in article, video, tweet or audio format!
For the aforementioned tweets, head on over to @dannybate4. For my audio output, check out the podcast!
*actually quite pleasant
**afternoon
Reviews for the Website
“Great” ~ Luke Ranieri
“Alright” ~ my flatmate
Partial Curriculum Vitae
Linguistics BA
2015 – 2018
The University of York
– A bachelor’s degree in general linguistics, later specialising in syntax and Latin, and concluding with a third-year research project on the Latin Accusativus cum infinitivo construction.
Linguistics MPhil
2018 – 2019
The University of Cambridge
– A research master’s on the history and development of complementizers and complement clauses in Indo-European, supervised by Prof. Ian Roberts.
Language Teacher
2019 –
Prague, Czech Republic
– Teaching English, German, Latin and a little bit of Biblical Greek.
Linguistics PhD
2020 –
The University of Edinburgh
– A doctoral project on syntactic reconstruction and the functional categories of the oldest Indo-European languages, supervised by Prof. Caroline Heycock, Prof. Ronnie Cann and Prof. Robert Truswell.
Voice Actor and Proofreader
2022 –
Prague, Czech Republic
– Working on the English component of the state Maturita examination.
Public Speaker
2023 –
UK
– Academic outreach, promoting linguistics and presenting talks to non-academic audiences, such as to high-school students.
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