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Professor Robyn Carston FBA

The human capacity for ostensive communication; its relation to linguistic competence and theory of mind; the semantics and pragmatics of word meaning; metaphorical and other non-literal uses of language
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2016
Subjects
Linguistics
Sections
Linguistics and Philology
Website
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/people/profiles/academic-staff/robyn-carston

Current post

Professor of Linguistics, University College London; Senior Researcher, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature, University of Oslo

Past appointments

University College London Professor of Linguistics

1970 -

Other Foreign Institutions Senior Researcher, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature, University of Oslo

1970 -

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Professor Paul Kiparsky FBA

Phonology, morphology, historical linguistics, metrics, and the Sanskrit grammatical tradition. The relation between word structure and sentence structure, and the principles governing language change.

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Professor Clive Holes FBA

Middle Eastern and African Languages and Literatures

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Professor Almut Hintze FBA

The languages, religions and history of pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia with special attention to Zoroastrianism; Ancient and Middle Iranian philology and linguistics

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