Jan Lars Svartvik (born 18 August 1931) is a Swedish linguist and former professor of English at Lund University (1970–1995). He is the author of several grammar books on English that are widely used in teaching English in Sweden. One of his research areas is also corpus linguistics.
Jan Svartvik | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 August 1931 |
| Relatives | Jesper Svartvik (son) |
| Awards | August Prize (Literature, 1999) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Lund University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguistics |
| Main interests | English language, Corpus linguistics |
He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and of the Royal Physiographic Society in the city of Lund.[2]
Jesper Svartvik (born 1965), theologian, is his son.
Bibliography
edit- English Pocket Grammar (1974)
- English University Grammar (1978)
- A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (with Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum, and Geoffrey Leech) (1985)
- English Words on Board (1994)
- English - Island language, World Language, Trending Language (1999)
Prizes and awards
editAugust Prize in Literature (1999)[3]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Sveriges befolkning 1990, CD-ROM, Version 1.00, Riksarkivet (2011)
- ^ Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien: Jan Svartvik Archived 2017-09-26 at the Wayback Machine (26 April 2009)
- ^ "augustpriset.se". Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2022-09-30.