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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 earned his doctorate at [[Lincoln College, Oxford]].<ref name="UM">{{cite web|title=Prof David Denison|url=http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/David.denison/|accessdate=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|accessdate=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 |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
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 earned his doctorate at [[Lincoln College, Oxford]].<ref name="UM">{{cite web|title=Prof David Denison|url=http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/David.denison/|accessdate=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|accessdate=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 |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>


Denison served from 1995-2010 as one of the founding editors of the journal ''[[English Language and Linguistics]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = |title = Editors' Notes|last = Aarts|first = Bas, David Denison and Richard Hogg|date = May 1997|journal = English Language and Linguistics 1( 01): pp 1 – 2.|doi = |pmid = |access-date = July 19, 2015}}</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|accessdate = 2014-07-21}}</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 | accessdate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
Denison served from 1995-2010 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 1( 01): pp 1 – 2.|doi = |pmid = }}</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|accessdate = 2014-07-21}}</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 | accessdate=18 July 2014}}</ref>


== Selected publications ==
== Selected publications ==

Revision as of 22:38, 5 September 2018

For the Canadian businessman, see David F. Denison.

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

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 earned his doctorate at Lincoln College, Oxford.[2][3] 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).[4]

Denison served from 1995-2010 as one of the founding editors of the journal English Language and Linguistics.[5] In 2014 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Languages at Uppsala University.[6][7] In 2014 he was also elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[8]

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[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Denison, Prof. David Michael Benjamin", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Prof David Denison". Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. ^ Denison, David. "Aspects of the history of English group-verbs" (PDF). Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  4. ^ "ISLE - The International Society for the Linguistics of English". Isle-linguistics.org. 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  5. ^ Aarts, Bas, David Denison and Richard Hogg (May 1997). "Editors' Notes". English Language and Linguistics 1( 01): pp 1 – 2.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Department of English (2014-02-26). "Honorary Doctors - Uppsala University, Sweden". Engelska.uu.se. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  7. ^ "Languages name two new honorary doctors - Uppsala University, Sweden". www.uu.se. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  8. ^ "British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  9. ^ Fischer, Olga (March 1994). "Review of English Historical Syntax: Verbal Constructions:". Journal of Linguistics. 30 (1): 277–281. doi:10.1017/s0022226700016285.
  10. ^ Stockwell, Robert P. (December 1997). "Review of English Historical Syntax: Verbal Constructions:" (PDF). Language. 73 (4): 858–860. doi:10.1353/lan.1997.0019. Retrieved July 19, 2015.

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