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Professor Ruth Kempson FBA

Linguistics
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1989
Subjects
Linguistics
Sections
Linguistics and Philology
Website
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/people/staff/associates/emeritus/kempson/index.aspx

Current post

Emeritus Professor, King's College London

Past appointments

King's College London University of London Professor of General Lingusitics

1970 -

King's College London University of London Leverhulme Research Professor, King's College London

1970 -

Soas, University Of London Lecturer, Reader then Professor of General Linguistics

1970 -

Soas, University Of London Lecturer, Reader then Professor of General Linguistics

1970 -

King's College London University of London Professor of General Lingusitics

1970 -

King's College London University of London Leverhulme Research Professor, King's College London

1970 -

Publications

Presupposition and the delimitation of semantics 1975

Semantic theory 1977

Mental representations: the interface between the language and reality 1988

Dynamic Syntax: The Flow of Natural Language Understanding 2001

The Dynamics of Language 2005

Semantics: An Introduction to Meaning in Language 2009

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Antonella Sorace FBA

Language learning and bilingualism over the lifespan; interfaces between language and cognition; gradience in natural language; public engagement with research

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Professor Elizabeth Traugott FBA

Historical linguistics; semantic change, cognitive and interactional pragmatics; theories of grammaticalisation and construction grammar

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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)

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