Jan Svartvik

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 (1931-08-18) 18 August 1931
Fryksände, Värmlands län,[1] Sweden
RelativesJesper Svartvik (son)
AwardsAugust Prize (literature, 1999)
Academic background
Alma materLund University
Academic work
DisciplineLinguistics
Main interestsEnglish 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

Prizes and awards

August Prize in Literature (1999)[3]

See also

Notes

  1. Sveriges befolkning 1990, CD-ROM, Version 1.00, Riksarkivet (2011)
  2. Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien: Jan Svartvik Archived 2017-09-26 at the Wayback Machine (26 April 2009)
  3. "augustpriset.se". Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
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