Professor John Anderson FBA

Linguistics

Elected 1991

Fellow type: UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected: 1991
Sections: Linguistics and Philology

Current post

Emeritus Professor of English Language, University of Edinburgh

Past appointments

University of Edinburgh Emeritus Professor of English Language, University of Edinburgh

2002 -

University of Edinburgh Emeritus Professor of English Language, University of Edinburgh

2002 -

University of Edinburgh Professor of English Language, University of Edinburgh

1988 - 2002

University of Edinburgh Lecturer, Reader, Professor of English Language

1964 - 2001

Publications

The substance of language 2011

The grammar of case 1971

Principles of dependancy phonology 1987

A notional theory of syntactic categories 1997

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Barbara Partee FBA

Professor Richard Hudson FBA

Linguistics

Professor Irina Nikolaeva FBA

General linguistics; linguistic diversity and linguistic typology; language change; Uralic, Altaic and Palaeosiberian languages and linguistics; documentation and description of endangered languages

Professor John Anderson FBA

Current post

Past appointments

University of Edinburgh Emeritus Professor of English Language, University of Edinburgh

2002 -

University of Edinburgh Emeritus Professor of English Language, University of Edinburgh

2002 -

University of Edinburgh Professor of English Language, University of Edinburgh

1988 - 2002

University of Edinburgh Lecturer, Reader, Professor of English Language

1964 - 2001

Publications

The substance of language 2011

The grammar of case 1971

Principles of dependancy phonology 1987

A notional theory of syntactic categories 1997

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Barbara Partee FBA

Professor Richard Hudson FBA

Professor Irina Nikolaeva FBA

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Professor John Anderson FBA

Current post

Past appointments

University of Edinburgh Emeritus Professor of English Language, University of Edinburgh

2002 -

University of Edinburgh Emeritus Professor of English Language, University of Edinburgh

2002 -

University of Edinburgh Professor of English Language, University of Edinburgh

1988 - 2002

University of Edinburgh Lecturer, Reader, Professor of English Language

1964 - 2001

Publications

The substance of language 2011

The grammar of case 1971

Principles of dependancy phonology 1987

A notional theory of syntactic categories 1997

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Barbara Partee FBA

Professor Richard Hudson FBA

Professor Irina Nikolaeva FBA

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