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'''David Michael Benjamin Denison''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA}} (born 6 September 1950)<ref>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/abstract/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-282241 "Denison, Prof. David Michael Benjamin"], ''Who's Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 5 July 2018. |
'''David Michael Benjamin Denison''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA}} (born 6 September 1950)<ref>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/abstract/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-282241 "Denison, Prof. David Michael Benjamin"], ''Who's Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 5 July 2018.</ref> is a British linguist whose work focuses on the history of the English language. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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He was educated at [[Highgate School]] and [[St John's College, Cambridge]], where he studied mathematics and then Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, and |
He was educated at [[Highgate School]]{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} and [[St John's College, Cambridge]], where he studied mathematics and then [[Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic]],<ref name="UM" /> completing the latter tripos with an upper second-class degree in 1973.<ref>'Appendix V. Candidates who Took the Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Tripos between 1900 and 1999', in ''H. M. Chadwick and the Study of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic in Cambridge'', ed. by Michael Lapidge [=''Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies'', 69–70] (Aberystwyth: Department of Welsh, Abersytwyth University, 2015), pp. 257–66 (p. 262).</ref> He earned his doctorate at [[Lincoln College, Oxford]] on "Aspects of the History of English Group-Verbs, with Particular Attention to the Syntax of the ''[[Ormulum]]''".<ref name="UM">{{cite web|title=Prof David Denison|url=http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/David.denison/|access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Denison|first1=David|title=Aspects of the history of English group-verbs|url=https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/37801128/SUPPLEMENTARY_1.PDF|access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref> He was Smith Professor of English Language & Medieval Literature at the [[University of Manchester]] from 2008. Since March 2015 he has been Professor Emeritus of English Linguistics.<ref name="UM"/> He is a past president of the [[International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE)|International Society for the Linguistics of English]] (ISLE).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isle-linguistics.org/about/committee.asp |title=ISLE - The International Society for the Linguistics of English |publisher=Isle-linguistics.org |date=2010-10-20 |access-date=2014-07-21 |archive-date=26 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726215142/http://www.isle-linguistics.org/about/committee.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Denison served from 1995 |
Denison served from 1995 to 2010 as one of the founding editors of the journal ''[[English Language and Linguistics]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Editors' Notes|last = Aarts|first = Bas, David Denison and Richard Hogg|date = May 1997|journal = English Language and Linguistics |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=1–2 |doi = 10.1017/S1360674300000320|doi-access = free}}</ref> In 2014 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Languages at [[Uppsala University]].<ref>{{cite web|author = Department of English|url = http://www.engelska.uu.se/Research/English_Language/Hedersdoktorer/?languageId=1|title = Honorary Doctors - Uppsala University, Sweden|publisher = Engelska.uu.se|date = 2014-02-26|access-date = 2014-07-21|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140812165925/http://www.engelska.uu.se/Research/English_Language/Hedersdoktorer/?languageId=1|archive-date = 2014-08-12|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Languages name two new honorary doctors - Uppsala University, Sweden|url = http://www.uu.se/en/research/grants-awards/article/?id=2955&area=2,6,12,16&typ=artikel&lang=en|website = www.uu.se|access-date = 2016-02-02}}</ref> In 2014 he was also elected a [[Fellow of the British Academy]], the United Kingdom's [[national academy]] for the humanities and social sciences.<ref name="BA Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/british-academy-announces-42-new-fellows/2014585.article | title=British Academy announces 42 new fellows | publisher=Times Higher Education | date=18 July 2014 | access-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> |
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He is one of the contributors to ''[[The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language|The Cambridge grammar of the English language]]''. |
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== Selected publications == |
== Selected publications == |
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*R. Hogg, D. Denison (eds.). 2006. ''A History of the English Language.'' Cambridge Univ. Press. |
*R. Hogg, D. Denison (eds.). 2006. ''A History of the English Language.'' Cambridge Univ. Press. |
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*B. Aarts, D. Denison, E. Keizer, G. Popova (eds.) 2004. ''Fuzzy Grammar: a reader''. Oxford Univ. Press. |
*B. Aarts, D. Denison, E. Keizer, G. Popova (eds.) 2004. ''Fuzzy Grammar: a reader''. Oxford Univ. Press. |
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*D. Denison. 1999. "Gradience and linguistic change". In ''Historical Linguistics''. Ed. L. Brinton. John Benjamins. |
*D. Denison. 1999. "Gradience and linguistic change". In ''Historical Linguistics''. Ed. L. Brinton. John Benjamins. |
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* D. Denison. 1998. "Syntax". In ''The Cambridge History of the English Language.'' Vol. IV: ''1776–1997.'' Ed. S. Romaine. Cambridge Univ. Press. |
* D. Denison. 1998. "Syntax". In ''The Cambridge History of the English Language.'' Vol. IV: ''1776–1997.'' Ed. S. Romaine. Cambridge Univ. Press, pp. 92–329. |
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*D. Denison. 1993. ''English Historical Syntax: Verbal Constructions''. Longman.<ref>{{Cite journal |
*D. Denison. 1993. ''English Historical Syntax: Verbal Constructions''. Longman.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Review of English Historical Syntax: Verbal Constructions|last = Fischer|first = Olga|date = March 1994|journal = Journal of Linguistics |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=277–281|doi = 10.1017/s0022226700016285| s2cid=146399253 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title = Review of English Historical Syntax: Verbal Constructions|last = Stockwell|first = Robert P.|date = December 1997|journal = Language |volume=73 |issue=4 |pages=858–860|doi = 10.1353/lan.1997.0019|s2cid = 144863852}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 12:43, 17 January 2024
David Michael Benjamin Denison FBA (born 6 September 1950)[1] is a British linguist whose work focuses on the history of the English language.
Biography
[edit]He was educated at Highgate School[citation needed] and St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied mathematics and then Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic,[2] completing the latter tripos with an upper second-class degree in 1973.[3] He earned his doctorate at Lincoln College, Oxford on "Aspects of the History of English Group-Verbs, with Particular Attention to the Syntax of the Ormulum".[2][4] He was Smith Professor of English Language & Medieval Literature at the University of Manchester from 2008. Since March 2015 he has been Professor Emeritus of English Linguistics.[2] He is a past president of the International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE).[5]
Denison served from 1995 to 2010 as one of the founding editors of the journal English Language and Linguistics.[6] In 2014 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Languages at Uppsala University.[7][8] In 2014 he was also elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[9]
He is one of the contributors to The Cambridge grammar of the English language.
Selected publications
[edit]- 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. 1999. "Gradience and linguistic change". In Historical Linguistics. Ed. L. Brinton. John Benjamins.
- D. Denison. 1998. "Syntax". In The Cambridge History of the English Language. Vol. IV: 1776–1997. Ed. S. Romaine. Cambridge Univ. Press, pp. 92–329.
- D. Denison. 1993. English Historical Syntax: Verbal Constructions. Longman.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Denison, Prof. David Michael Benjamin", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "Prof David Denison". Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ 'Appendix V. Candidates who Took the Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Tripos between 1900 and 1999', in H. M. Chadwick and the Study of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic in Cambridge, ed. by Michael Lapidge [=Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, 69–70] (Aberystwyth: Department of Welsh, Abersytwyth University, 2015), pp. 257–66 (p. 262).
- ^ Denison, David. "Aspects of the history of English group-verbs" (PDF). Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ "ISLE - The International Society for the Linguistics of English". Isle-linguistics.org. 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ Aarts, Bas, David Denison and Richard Hogg (May 1997). "Editors' Notes". English Language and Linguistics. 1 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1017/S1360674300000320.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Department of English (26 February 2014). "Honorary Doctors - Uppsala University, Sweden". Engelska.uu.se. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ "Languages name two new honorary doctors - Uppsala University, Sweden". www.uu.se. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "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. doi:10.1017/s0022226700016285. S2CID 146399253.
- ^ Stockwell, Robert P. (December 1997). "Review of English Historical Syntax: Verbal Constructions". Language. 73 (4): 858–860. doi:10.1353/lan.1997.0019. S2CID 144863852.
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