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 | |
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| Born | 18 August 1931 Fryksände, Värmlands län, Sweden |
| Relatives | Jesper Svartvik (son) |
| Awards | August Prize (literature, 1999) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Lund University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguistics |
| Main interests | English 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.
Jesper Svartvik (born 1965), theologian, is his son.
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