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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 University of Upsala.[4] In 2014 he was also elected a Fellow of the British Academy.[5]

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[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Prof David Denison research profile - personal details; The University of Manchester". Manchester University. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  2. ^ "ISLE - The International Society for the Linguistics of English". Isle-linguistics.org. 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  3. ^ Aarts, Bas, David Denison and Richard Hogg (May 1997). "Editors' Notes". English Language and Linguistics 1( 01): pp 1 – 2. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Box 256 (2014-02-26). "Honorary Doctors - Uppsala University, Sweden". Engelska.uu.se. Retrieved 2014-07-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  6. ^ Fischer, Olga (March 1994). "Review of English Historical Syntax: Verbal Constructions:". Journal of Linguistics 30(1): 277-281. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  7. ^ 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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