Marc Alexander (academic)

Marc Alexander (born 1983) is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Glasgow, and Director of the Historical Thesaurus of English.[1] His research is on the semantic development of English, particularly focusing on the relationships between language, culture, and history.[2][3] As the Chief Editor of the Thesaurus, he was a recipient—as part of the University of Glasgow—of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education in 2017.[4][5][6][7] He was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize of £100,000 for his linguistic research in 2019.[8][9]

Marc Alexander
Born1983 (age 39–40)
NationalityBritish
AwardsQueen’s Anniversary Prize (2017) Philip Leverhulme Prize (2019)
Academic background
EducationMA, MPhil, PhD
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Sub-disciplineLexicographer, Corpus Linguistics, Semantics
InstitutionsUniversity of Glasgow
Notable worksHistorical Thesaurus of English, Hansard Corpus

He also created the Hansard Corpus, a linguistically-annotated version of the records of British Parliamentary speech from 1803 to the present.[10][11][12][13] He is also Convener of the Board of Directors of Scottish Language Dictionaries, which produces the Dictionary of the Scots Language.[14]

See also

References
  1. Faculty profile, University of Glasgow, retrieved 2020-02-19.
  2. "Speed dating is so 17th century — see a marriage huckster instead". The Times. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. "University of Glasgow publishes online thesaurus featuring 800,000 words". Evening Times. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. "Dictionary spanning 1,000 years of words scoops prize for Glasgow uni". The Scotsman. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  5. "Queen's Anniversary Prizes Website". www.queensanniversaryprizes.org.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  6. "Bonzer, topgallant, splendid, and dandy - praise indeed for university word experts". Glasgow Today. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  7. "UofG Funding for world-class research in the English language". myscience.org. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  8. "Philip Leverhulme prize awarded to University of Glasgow academic". History Scotland. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  9. "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2019". leverhulme.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  10. "6 November 2015". Today. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  11. "Hansard corpus: Glasgow University website makes two centuries worth of Westminster speeches available online". Independent. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  12. "Skinner told to 'shut up' more than any other MP". The Times. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  13. "UK Parliament Meet the Users". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  14. "SLD's New Convener". scotsdictionaries.org. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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