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Professor Peter Collins

Professor Peter Collins

Honorary Professor
BA (Hons) MA (Hons) PhD Syd, DipEd UNE
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Humanities & Languages

Professor Peter Collins (BA Hons, MA Hons, PhD University of Sydney, DipEd University of New England) has taught Linguistics at all levels at UNSW since 1980, after previous positions at the University of Sydney, Macquarie University and Rusden College. He is a former editor of the 'Australian Journal of Linguistics'. He has published over a hundred books, articles and book chapters and over 30 book reviews. His main research area is the grammar of English. He is one of the authors of the influential 'Cambridge Grammar of the English Language' (2002). Related research interests are corpus linguistics (he was one of the compilers of the first corpus of Australian English) and World Englishes, in which he has published widely. He is co-author of the most widely used introductory Linguistics textbook in Australia, and of several other textbooks.
Phone
9385 2307
E-mail
p.collins@unsw.edu.au
Location
218 Morven Brown
  • Books | 2017
    Collins PC; Hollo C, 2017, English grammar: An introduction (3rd Edn), 3rd, Palgrave, London
    Books | 2015
    Collins P, 2015, Introduction, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/scl.67.01col
    Books | 2015
    Collins PC, 2015, Cleft and pseudo-cleft constructions in English, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315688510
    Books | 2015
    Collins PC, 2015, Grammatical Change in English World-Wide, John Benjamins, Amsterdam
    Books | 2009
    Collins PC, 2009, Modals and Quasi-modals in English, Original, Rodopi, The Netherlands
    Books | 2001
    , 2001, English in Australia, Collins PC; Blair D, (ed.), John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam
    Books | 2000
    Collins PC, 2000, English Grammar: An Introduction, Original, Macmillan Press, London, United Kingdom
    Books | 1999
    Collins PC; Fromkin V; Blair D, 1999, An introduction to language An introduction to language, Original, Harcourt, Marrickville
    Books | 1999
    1999, The clause in English in honour of Rodney Huddelston, Collins PC, (ed.), John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam
    Books | 1998
    Collins PC, 1998, English Grammar, Original, Longman Australia, Melbourne
    Books | 1997
    Finegan E; Blair D; Collins PC, 1997, Language: its structure and use, 2nd ed, Original, Harcourt Brace, Marrickville, NSW
  • Book Chapters | 2023
    Collins P, 2023, 'SOCIOLINGUISTICS IN AUSTRALIA', in The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World: Second Edition, pp. 303 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003198345-29
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Collins P, 2021, 'Clause types', in The Handbook of English Linguistics, Wiley Blackwell, Chichester, West Sussex, pp. 131 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119540618.ch8
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Collins P; Yao X, 2019, 'Tense, aspect and modality in Australian english', in Australian English Reimagined: Structure, Features and Developments, pp. 34 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429019692-4
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Collins P, 2015, 'Recent diachronic change in the progressive in Philippine English', in Studies in Corpus Linguistics, pp. 278 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/scl.67.12col
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Collins PC; Lee JFK, 2015, 'Gender Representation in Hong Kong Primary English-language Textbooks: A Corpus Study', in Mustapha AS (ed.), Gender Representations in Learning Materials: International Perspectives, Routledge, New York and London, pp. 37 - 51
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Collins PC, 2015, 'Diachronic variation in the grammar of Australian English: Corpus-based explorations', in Grammatical Change in English World-Wide, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 15 - 42, https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/scl.67/toc
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Collins PC, 2015, 'Introduction', in Grammatical Change in English World-Wide, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 1 - 11
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Collins PC, 2015, 'Recent diachronic change in the progressive in Philippine English', in Grammatical Change in English World-Wide, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 271 - 297, https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/scl.67/main
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Collins P; Borlongan AM; Lim J-H; Yao X, 2014, 'The subjunctive mood in Philippine English', in Studies in Language Companion Series, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 259 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/slcs.159.13col
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Collins P, 2014, 'The modals of obligation and necessity in Australian English', in English Corpus Linguistics, pp. 145 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315845890
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Collins PC; Collins PC; Borlongan A; Lim J-H, 2014, 'The subjunctive mood in Philippine English: A diachronic analysis', in Pfenninger S; Timofeeva O; Gardner A-C; Honkapohja A; Hundt M; Schreier D (ed.), Contact, Variation and Change in the History of English, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 259 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/slcs.159
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Collins PC; Collins PC; Yao X, 2014, 'Relative clauses in Philippine English: a diachronic perspective', in Vandelanotte L; Davidse K; Gentens C (ed.), Recent Advances in Corpus Linguistics. Developing and Exploiting Corpora., Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York, pp. 125 - 146, http://www.rodopi.nl/functions/search.asp?BookId=LC+78
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Collins PC, 2014, 'Australian English', in Koch H; Nordlinger R (ed.), The Languages and Linguistics of Australia: A Comprehensive Guide, edn. 1st, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 449 - 484, http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/181330?rskey=ZtCXYw&result=1
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Collins PC, 2014, 'Modal Expressions in Malaysian English', in Rahim H; Manan S (ed.), English in Malaysia: Postcolonial and Beyond, edn. 1st, Peter Lang, Bern, Switzerland, pp. 127 - 160, http://www.peterlang.com/
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Collins PC; Yao X, 2013, 'Functional variation in the English present perfect: A cross-varietal study', in Andersen G; Bech K (ed.), English Corpus Linguistics: Variation in Time, Space and Genre, Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York, pp. 91 - 112, http://www.rodopi.nl/
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Collins PC, 2013, 'Grammatical colloquialism an the English quasi-modals: a comparative study', in Marin-Arrese J; Carretero M; Arus Hita J; van der Auwera J (ed.), English modality: core, periphery and evidentiality, De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin, pp. 155 - 169, http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/182779
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Collins PC; Peters P, 2012, 'Colloquial Australian English', in Kortmann B; Lunkenheimer K (ed.), The Mouton Atlas of Variation in English, edn. 1st, De Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 585 - 595, http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/181631
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Collins PC; Yao X, 2012, 'Developments in the verbal systems of the 'Old' and 'New' Englishes', in Gitsaki C; Baldauf R (ed.), Future Directions in Applied Linguistics: Local and Global Perspectives, edn. 1st, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 328 - 349
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Collins PC; Yao X, 2012, 'Modals and quasi-modals in New Englishes', in Hundt M; Gut U (ed.), Mapping Unity and Diversity World-Wide, edn. 1st, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 35 - 53
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Collins PC, 2011, 'Variable agreement in the existential there-construction in Philippine English', in Bautista MLS (ed.), Studies of Philippine English: Exploring the Philippine component of the International Corpus of English, edn. 1st, Anvil, Manila, pp. 175 - 186
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Collins PC, 2009, 'English Grammer in China', in Chen H; Cruickshank K (ed.), Making a Difference: Challenges for Applied Linguistics, edn. 1, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, U.K., pp. 253 - 261
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Collins PC, 2009, 'Information - Packaging Constructions', in Peters P; Collins P; Smith A (ed.), Comparative Studies in Australia and New Zealand English: Grammar and Beyond, edn. 1st, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 295 - 316
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Collins PC, 2009, 'Prologue', in Peters P; Collins P; Smith A (ed.), Comparative Studies in Australia and New Zealand English: Grammar and Beyond, edn. 1st, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 1 - 9
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Collins PC, 2009, 'The Progressive', in Peters P; Collins P; Smith A (ed.), Comparative Studies in Australia and New Zealand English: Grammar and Beyond, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 115 - 123
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Collins P; Peters P, 2008, 'Australian English: Morphology and syntax', in The Pacific and Australasia, pp. 341 - 361
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Collins PC, 2007, 'Modal wars: Some ascendant semi-modals in Australian English', in Siegel J; Lynch J; Eades D (ed.), Language Description. History and Development, edn. First, John Benjamins Publshing Company, Amsterdam, pp. 197 - 208
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Collins PC, 2007, 'Modality across World Englishes', in Abraham W; Noonan M (ed.), Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse, edn. First, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 447 - 468
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Collins PC, 2007, 'TESOL Grammar Instruction in South-East Asia', in Gitsaki C (ed.), Language and Languages: Global and local tensions, edn. Original, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, UK, pp. 78 - 89
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Collins PC, 2006, 'Clause Types', in Aarts B; McMahon A (ed.), The Handbook of English Linguistics, Blackwell Publishing, Great Britain, pp. 180 - 197
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Collins PC; Peters P, 2004, 'Australian English, Morphology and Syntax', in Kortmann B; Schneider EW (ed.), A Handbook of Varieties of English, edn. 1, Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 593 - 610
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Collins PC, 2004, 'The information structure of what-clefts in English', in Ali GKJM; Jan JM; Awab SA; Don ZM (ed.), Language, Linguistics and the Real World. Volume 1: Making Linguistics Relevant, edn. 1, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 227 - 244
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Mittwoch A; Huddleston R; Collins PC, 2002, 'The Clause: Adjuncts', in Huddleston R; Pullum GK (ed.), The Clause: Adjuncts, edn. 1st, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 663 - 784
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Collins PC; Blair D, 2001, 'Language and identity in Australia', in English in Australia, edn. Original, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, pp. 1 - 16
    Book Chapters | 1999
    Collins PC, 1999, 'The deictic-presentation construction in English', in The Clause in English, edn. Original, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 67 - 80
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Collins P, 2023, 'Grammatical variation in World Englishes : An onomasiological study', English World-Wide, 44, pp. 184 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.21055.col
    Journal articles | 2023
    Collins P, 2023, 'Modals and Quasi-Modals in English World-Wide', Journal of English Linguistics, 51, pp. 265 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00754242231173720
    Journal articles | 2022
    Collins P, 2022, 'Cultural keywords in World Englishes: A GloWbE-based study.', International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems ICAMechS, 45, pp. 5 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/icame-2021-0001
    Journal articles | 2022
    Collins P, 2022, 'Hypercorrection in English: An intervarietal corpus-based study', English Language and Linguistics, 26, pp. 279 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1360674321000228
    Journal articles | 2022
    Collins PC, 2022, 'Comment markers in world Englishes', World Englishes, 41, pp. 244 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/weng.12523
    Journal articles | 2021
    Collins P; Korhonen M; Kotze H; Smith A; Yao X, 2021, 'Diachronic register change', Register Studies, 3, pp. 33 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/rs.20003.col
    Journal articles | 2020
    Collins P, 2020, 'Processes of Change: Studies in Late Modern and Present-Day English', ENGLISH WORLD-WIDE, 41, pp. 372 - 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.00056.col
    Journal articles | 2019
    Collins P; Yao X, 2019, 'AusBrown: A new diachronic corpus of Australian English', ICAME Journal, 43, pp. 5 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/icame-2019-0001
    Journal articles | 2019
    Yao X; Collins P, 2019, 'Developments in Australian, British, and American English Grammar from 1931 to 2006: An Aggregate, Comparative Approach to Dialectal Variation and Change', Journal of English Linguistics, 47, pp. 120 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0075424219837337
    Journal articles | 2018
    Collins P; Yao X, 2018, 'Colloquialisation and the evolution of Australian English A cross-varietal and cross-generic study of Australian, British, and American English from 1931 to 2006', English World-Wide, 39, pp. 253 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.00014.col
    Journal articles | 2017
    Collins P; Yao X, 2017, 'The Cambridge handbook of English corpus linguistics', ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS, 21, pp. 161 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1360674316000277
    Journal articles | 2017
    Collins PC; Borlongan A, 2017, 'Has Philippine English attained linguistic independence? The grammatical evidence.', The Philippine ESL Journal, 19, pp. 10 - 24
    Journal articles | 2017
    Collins PC; Yao X, 2017, '(Review of) Douglas Biber and Randi Reppen (eds.), The Cambridge handbook of English corpus linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.', English Language and Linguistics, 21, pp. 161 - 168
    Journal articles | 2017
    YAO X; COLLINS P, 2017, 'Exploring grammatical colloquialisation in non-native English: a case study of Philippine English1', English Language and Linguistics, pp. 1 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1360674316000599
    Journal articles | 2016
    Collins P, 2016, 'Grammatical change in the verb phrase in contemporary Philippine english', Asiatic, 10, pp. 50 - 67
    Journal articles | 2014
    Collins PC; Borlongan AM; Yao X, 2014, 'Modality in Philippine English: a diachronic study', Journal of English Linguistics, 42, pp. 68 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0075424213511462
    Journal articles | 2014
    Collins PC; Collins PC; Collins PC, 2014, 'Grammatical Change in the Verb Phrase in Australian English: A Corpus-based Study', Australian Journal of Linguistics, 34, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07268602.2014.929087
    Journal articles | 2014
    Collins PC, 2014, 'Quasi-modals and modals in Australian English fiction 1800-1899, with comparisons across British and American English', Journal of English Linguistics, 42, pp. 7 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0075424213512857
    Journal articles | 2013
    Collins P; Yao X, 2013, 'Colloquial features in World Englishes', International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 18, pp. 479 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.18.4.02col
    Journal articles | 2013
    Collins PC; Yao X, 2013, 'Aspects of the Verbal System of Malaysian English and Other Englishes', 3L Language Linguistics Literature (The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies), 19, pp. 93 - 104, http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/archive
    Journal articles | 2013
    Collins PC; Yao X, 2013, 'Recent change in non-present perfect constructions in British and American English', Corpora, 8, pp. 115 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/cor.2013.0036
    Journal articles | 2013
    Collins PC, 2013, 'Grammatical variation in English worldwide: the role of colloquialization', Linguistics and the Human Sciences, 8, pp. 289 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/lhs.v8i3.289
    Journal articles | 2012
    Collins PC, 2012, 'Australian English: Its evolution and current state', International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication, 1, pp. 75 - 86
    Journal articles | 2012
    Collins PC, 2012, 'Singular agreement in there-existentials: an intervarietal corpus-based study', English World-Wide, 33, pp. 53 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.33.1.03col
    Journal articles | 2012
    Yao X; Collins PC, 2012, 'The present perfect in world Englishes', World Englishes, 31, pp. 386 - 403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-971X.2012.01756.x
    Journal articles | 2010
    Collins P, 2010, 'Modality in English: Theory and description', ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS, 14, pp. 507 - 511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1360674310000171
    Journal articles | 2010
    Collins P, 2010, 'New-Dialect Formation in Canada: Evidence from the English Modal Auxiliaries', WORLD ENGLISHES, 29, pp. 439 - 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-971X.2010.01664_4.x
    Journal articles | 2010
    Collins PC; Lee JF, 2010, 'Construction of gender: a comparison of Australian and Hong Kong', Journal of Gender Studies, 19, pp. 121 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09589231003695856
    Journal articles | 2009
    Collins PC; Lee JF, 2009, 'Australian English-Language Textbooks: the Gender Issues', Gender and Education, 21, pp. 353 - 370
    Journal articles | 2009
    Collins PC; Lee JF, 2009, 'English Grammer: An Investigation of hong Kong ESL Books', Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, 11, pp. 51 - 70
    Journal articles | 2009
    Collins PC, 2009, 'Modals and quasi-modals in world Englishes', World Englishes, 28, pp. 281 - 292
    Journal articles | 2008
    Collins PC; Lee JF, 2008, 'Gender Voices in Hong Kong English Textbooks- Some Past and Current Practices', Sex Roles, online, pp. 1 - 11
    Journal articles | 2008
    Collins PC, 2008, 'A Sociolinguistic Study of Given Names and Nicknames in Australia', MULTILINGUA: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 27, pp. 449 - 452
    Journal articles | 2008
    Collins PC, 2008, 'The Progressive Aspect in World Englishes: A Corpus- based Study', Australian Journal of Linguistics, 28, pp. 225 - 251
    Journal articles | 2008
    Lee JFK; Collins P, 2008, 'Gender voices in hong kong english textbooks-some past and current practices', Sex Roles, 59, pp. 127 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-008-9414-6
    Journal articles | 2007
    Collins PC, 2007, 'Can/could and may/might in British, American and Australian English: a corpus based account', World Englishes, 26, pp. 474 - 491
    Journal articles | 2007
    Collins PC, 2007, 'The grammar of the English verb phrase, vol 1, The grammar of the English tense system. A comprehensive analysis, in Cooperation with Susan Reed & Bert Appelle', Folia Linguistica, 41, pp. 461 - 468, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000253293700010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
    Journal articles | 2006
    Collins PC; Lee J, 2006, 'Linguistic Acceptability in Hong Kong English', Asian Englishes, 9, pp. 24 - 41
    Journal articles | 2006
    Collins PC, 2006, 'Grammar in TEFL: A Critique of Indonesian High School Textbooks', TEFLIN Journal, 17, pp. 1 - 10
    Journal articles | 2006
    Collins PC, 2006, 'It-clefts and wh-clefts: Prosody and pragmatics', Journal of Pragmatics, 38, pp. 1706 - 1720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2005.03.015
    Journal articles | 2005
    Collins PC; Lee J, 2005, 'English Grammar in Current Hong Kong Textbooks: A Critical Appraisal', TESL Reporter, 38, pp. 37 - 49
    Journal articles | 2005
    Collins PC, 2005, 'Exclamative clauses in English', Word - Journal of the International Linguistic Association, 56, pp. 1 - 17
    Journal articles | 2005
    Collins PC, 2005, 'The modals and quasi-modals of obligation and necessity in Australian English and other Englishes', English World-Wide: a journal of varieties of English, 26, pp. 249 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.26.3.02col
    Journal articles | 2004
    Collins P, 2004, 'Reversed what-clefts in English', Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 27, pp. 63 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aral.27.2.05col
    Journal articles | 2004
    Collins PC, 2004, 'Let-imperatives in English', International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 9, pp. 299 - 320
    Journal articles | 2004
    Collins PC, 2004, 'On the usage of have, dare, need, ought, and used to, in Australian English and Hong Kong English', World Englishes, 23, pp. 501 - 512
    Journal articles | 2004
    Collins PC, 2004, 'Reversed what clefts in English: information structure and discourse function', Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 27, pp. 63 - 74
    Journal articles | 2001
    Collins PC, 2001, 'Grammars and Corpora', Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, pp. 35 - 41
    Journal articles | 2001
    Collins PC, 2001, 'Some Discourse Functions of Existentials in English', Proceedings of the 2001 Conference of the Australian Linguistics Society, pp. 1 - 6
    Journal articles | 2000
    Collins PC, 2000, 'Getting Our Grammar Right', Show Cause, pp. 3 - 5
    Journal articles | 1999
    Collins PC, 1999, 'Adjunct clusters in English', Seminarios de Lingiustica Seminarios de Linguistica, pp. 33 - 51
    Journal articles | 1998
    Collins PC, 1998, 'Review of Sidney Greenbaum, The Oxford English Grammar', ICAME (International Computer Archive of Modern English), pp. 81 - 84
    Journal articles | 1997
    Collins PC; Hollo C; Mar JF, 1997, 'English grammar in school textbooks: a critical survey', Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 20, pp. 33 - 50
    Journal articles | 1997
    Collins PC; Hollo C; Mar JF, 1997, 'The presentation of English grammar in school textbooks', Metaphor, pp. 38 - 42
    Journal articles | 1996
    Collins PC, 1996, '`Get` - passives in English', World Englishes, 15, pp. 43 - 56
    Journal articles | 1995
    Collins P, 1995, 'Ronald geluykens from discourse process to grammatical construction: On left-dislocation in english', Functions of Language, 2, pp. 101 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/fol.2.1.08col
    Journal articles | 1994
    Collins P, 1994, 'Extraposition in english', Functions of Language, 1, pp. 7 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/fol.1.1.03col
    Journal articles | 1993
    Collins P, 1993, 'Review article', IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 31, pp. 161 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/iral.1993.31.2.161
    Journal articles | 1993
    Collins PC, 1993, 'Extern constructions in english', Australian Journal of Linguistics, 13, pp. 23 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07268609308599488
    Journal articles | 1992
    Collins P, 1992, 'Cleft existentials in English', Language Sciences, 14, pp. 419 - 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0388-0001(92)90024-9
    Journal articles | 1991
    Collins PC, 1991, 'Pseudocleft and cleft constructions: A thematic and informational interpretation', Linguistics, 29, pp. 481 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ling.1991.29.3.481
    Journal articles | 1991
    Pauwels A; Collins P; Peeters BP, 1991, 'Shorter notices', Australian Journal of Linguistics, 11, pp. 137 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07268609108599455
    Journal articles | 1988
    Collins P, 1988, 'The semantics of some modals in contemporary australian english', Australian Journal of Linguistics, 8, pp. 261 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07268608808599400
    Journal articles | 1984
    COLLINS PC, 1984, 'SEMANTIC STRUCTURES FOR THE SYNTAX OF COMPLEMENTS AND AUXILIARIES IN ENGLISH - NEY,JW', AUMLA-JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN UNIVERSITIES LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ASSOCIATION, pp. 110 - 113, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1984TF58200024&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1982
    COLLINS PC, 1982, 'LINGUISTICS FOR STUDENTS OF LITERATURE - TRAUGOTT,EC, PRATT,ML', GENERAL LINGUISTICS, 22, pp. 65 - 70, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1982NN42700008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
  • Conference Papers | 2013
    Collins PC, 2013, 'Relative clauses in Australian English: a cross-varietal diachronic study', in Gawne L (ed.), Selected papers from the 44th conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, 2013, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, pp. 355 - 371, presented at 44th Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, 2013, at the University of Melbourne., Melbourne, 01 October 2013 - 04 October 2014, http://hdl.handle.net/11343/40972
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Collins P; Yao X; Borlongan A, 2012, 'Relative clauses in Philippine English: a diachronic perspective', in Vandelanotte L; Davidse K; Gentens C; Kimps D (eds.), RECENT ADVANCES IN CORPUS LINGUISTICS: DEVELOPING AND EXPLOITING CORPORA, EDITIONS RODOPI B V, BELGIUM, Grand Beguinage Leuven, Leuven, pp. 125 - 146, presented at 33rd ICAME International Conference on Corpora at the Centre and Crossroads of English Linguistics, BELGIUM, Grand Beguinage Leuven, Leuven, 30 May 2012 - 03 June 2012, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000372853500007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Collins P, 2006, 'The English modals and semi-modals Regional and stylistic variation', in Nevalainen T; Taavitsainen I; Pahta P; Korhonen M (eds.), DYNAMICS OF LINGUISTIC VARIATION: CORPUS EVIDENCE ON ENGLISH PAST AND PRESENT, JOHN BENJAMINS B V PUBL, FINLAND, Helsinki, pp. 129 - 145, presented at 27th International Conference of the International-Computer-Archive-of-Modern-and-Medieval-English (ICAME), FINLAND, Helsinki, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000316897900009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Collins PC, 2006, 'Can and may: monosemy and polysemy', in 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistics Society, Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistics Society 2006, Brisbane, Qld, presented at Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistics Society 2006, Brisbane, Qld, 07 July 2006 - 09 July 2006
    Conference Papers | 2005
    Collins PC, 2005, 'Will, shall, be going to, and want to: The Modals and Semi-modals of Prediction and Volition in Modern English', in 2005 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society 2005, Monash University, presented at Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society 2005, Monash University, 28 September 2005 - 30 September 2005
    Conference Papers | 2004
    Collins PC, 2004, 'Grammar in TESOL: a critique of current textbooks', in Seminar Organisers (ed.), 2004 Taiwan-Australia TESOL Seminar, Taiwan-Australia TESOL Seminar 2004, Taipei, pp. 43 - 56, presented at Taiwan-Australia TESOL Seminar 2004, Taipei, 01 October 2004 - 03 October 2004
    Conference Papers | 2003
    Collins PC, 2003, 'Let and let¿s', in Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistics Society, Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistics Society, University of Newcastle, presented at Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistics Society, University of Newcastle, 26 September 2003 - 28 September 2003
    Conference Papers | 2001
    Collins PC, 2001, 'Indirectness, Politeness and Modality', in 25th ALAA Congress (2001), 25th ALAA Congress (2001), Australia, presented at 25th ALAA Congress (2001), Australia
    Conference Papers | 2001
    Collins PC, 2001, 'Some Discourse Functions of Existentials in English', in ALS2001, ALS2001, Canberra, presented at ALS2001, Canberra, 27 September 2001 - 30 September 2001
    Conference Papers | 2001
    Collins PC, 2001, 'The polite use of the English modals', in Studies in Greek Linguistics: Proceedings of the 21st annual meeting of the Department of Linguistics, Aristotle University, Studies in Greek Linguistics: 21st annual meeting of the Department of Linguistics, Aristotle University, Greek, pp. 295 - 302, presented at Studies in Greek Linguistics: 21st annual meeting of the Department of Linguistics, Aristotle University, Greek
    Conference Papers | 1998
    Collins PC, 1998, 'ESL Grammars: An Evaluation', in ALAA Congress, ALAA Congress, Griffith University, Qld, presented at ALAA Congress, Griffith University, Qld, 30 June 1998 - 03 July 1998

FASS Research Committee
Australian Linguistic Society
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia

Delivering papers at international conferences and invited lectures

My Teaching

Peter Collins currently teaches:

ARTS1690 The Structure of Language
ARTS1691 The Use of Language
ARTS2690 Semantics and Pragmatics
ARTS3692 Current Issues in English Grammar
LING5005 The Grammar of English