John Lyons (Linguist)
Sir John Lyons (born May 23, 1932 in Manchester , † March 12, 2020 in France ) was a British linguist .
Stations in his professional life:
- Professor of General Linguistics , University of Edinburgh 1964–1976
- Professor of Linguistics , University of Sussex 1976–1984
- Masters, Trinity Hall , Cambridge 1984-2000
He was an important exponent of general linguistics. His main areas of research were general grammar and semantics . The two most influential works are the Introduction to theoretical linguistics from 1968, which served as an introductory work for an entire generation of linguists, and its comprehensive treatment of semantics (1977). With the philosophically based typology of various modalities in a chapter of the latter work, Lyons initiated modern research in the field of modality . Both his Introduction to Modern Linguistics and Die Sprache , like his book on Noam Chomsky, saw several editions in the German-speaking world.
In 1987 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor ("Sir") for his services as a linguist .
Fonts
- New Horizons in Linguistics. Penguin, Harmondsworth 1970.
- translated as: New Perspectives in Linguistics. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1985, ISBN 3-499-21066-5 .
- Noam Chomsky. Viking, New York 1970.
- translated as: Noam Chomsky. By Manfred Immler. dtv, Munich 1971, ISBN 978-3-423-00770-2 .
- Introduction to theoretical linguistics. Cambridge University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-521-05617-9 .
- translated as: Introduction to Modern Linguistics. Beck, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-406-34222-1 .
- Semantics. 2 volumes. With Frank R. Palmer Cambridge University Press, 1977, ISBN 0-521-21473-4 and ISBN 0-521-21560-9 .
- translated as: semantics. Beck, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-406-05272-X (Volume I) and 1983, ISBN 3-406-07953-9 (Volume II).
- Language and Linguistics: an introduction. Cambridge University Press, 1981, ISBN 0-521-23034-9 .
- translated as: The language. Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09400-7 .
- Linguistic Semantics: an introduction. Cambridge University Press, 1995, ISBN 0-521-43877-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Johny Lyons in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary Trinity Hall Cambridge
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lyons, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manchester |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 2020 |
| Place of death | France |