Jan Svartvik#
| Membership Number: | 317 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1995 Professor emeritius, Lund University, Sweden
- 1970 - 1995 Proffesor of English, Lund University, Sweden
Fields of Scholarship
- English linguistics
- contrastive grammar
- nautical terminology
Honours and Awards
- 1998 Doctor honoris causa, Masaryk University
- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Member of the Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
- Member of the Academia Europaea
