David Denison
David Denison is a British linguist whose work focuses on the history of the English language.
Biography
He earned his doctorate at Oxford University. He was Smith Professor of English Language & Medieval Literature at the University of Manchester.[1] He is a past president of the International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE).[2]
Denison served from 1995-2010 as one the founding editors of the journal English Language and Linguistics.[3] In 2014 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Languages at Uppsala University.[4][5] In 2014 he was also elected a Fellow of the British Academy.[6]
Selected publications
- R. Hogg, D. Denison (eds.). 2006. A History of the English Language. Cambridge Univ. Press.
- B. Aarts, D. Denison, E. Keizer, G. Popova (eds.) 2004. Fuzzy Grammar: a reader. Oxford Univ. Press.
- D. Denison. "Gradience and linguistic change". In Historical Linguistics; 1999. John Benjamins.
- D. Denison. "English Historical Syntax: Verbal Constructions". 1993[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Prof David Denison research profile - personal details; The University of Manchester". Manchester University. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ "ISLE - The International Society for the Linguistics of English". Isle-linguistics.org. 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ Aarts, Bas, David Denison and Richard Hogg (May 1997). "Editors' Notes". English Language and Linguistics 1( 01): pp 1 – 2.
- ↑ Department of English (2014-02-26). "Honorary Doctors - Uppsala University, Sweden". Engelska.uu.se. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ "Languages name two new honorary doctors - Uppsala University, Sweden". www.uu.se. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ↑ "British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ↑ Fischer, Olga (March 1994). "Review of English Historical Syntax: Verbal Constructions:". Journal of Linguistics 30(1): 277-281.
- ↑ Stockwell, Robert P. (December 1997). "Review of English Historical Syntax: Verbal Constructions:" (PDF). Language 73(4): 858-860. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
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