Professor Elizabeth Traugott FBA

Historical linguistics; semantic change, cognitive and interactional pragmatics; theories of grammaticalisation and construction grammar
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2009
Subjects
Linguistics

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and English, Stanford University

Past appointments

Stanford University, California Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and English

2003 -

Stanford University, California Professor of Linguistics and English

1968 - 2003

Publications

Constructionalization and Constructional Changes 2013

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor April McMahon FBA

Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Phonetics and Phonology

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Professor Ayesha Kidwai FBA

Generative grammar, field and descriptive linguistics, language policy in South Asia; Urdu/Hindi--English literary translation, Partition studies; inclusion and justice in higher education

Ayesha Kidwai FBA (credit Rahul Roy)

Professor David Langslow FBA

Latin, Greek and Indo-European languages and their descriptive, historical and social linguistics; ancient special and technical varieties, especially as reflected in the translation and transmission of ancient medical texts

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