David Adger
Scottish linguist at Queen Mary University of London; Language Unlimited.
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- David Adger is a professor of linguistics at Queen Mary University of London, working on the human capacity for syntax.
- He was president of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain from 2015 to 2020.
- He has also built invented languages for television productions, including Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands and Nautilus.
Key facts
- Born
- 23 September 1967, Kirkcaldy, Fife1
- Education
- Linguistics and artificial intelligence, then a doctorate (1994), University of Edinburgh1
- Career
- Lecturer, University of York (1993); Reader, Queen Mary University of London (2002); professor there (2006)1
- Books
- Core Syntax (2003); A Syntax of Substance (2012); Language Unlimited (2019)1
- Edited
- The journal Syntax, 2007 to 20131
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