Dear Henry Sweet Society colleagues,

 

[Those of you not in the UK need read no further, as this concerns the UK Research Excellence Framework only.[

 

Colleagues in the UK will be aware that scholarly societies are invited to make suggestions for panel members for the peer assessment element of the Research Excellence Framework (2014). At our Annual General Meeting earlier this month in Sheffield, we agreed that we would make nominations to sub-panel 28 (Modern Languages), which includes “Linguistics”.  We can make as many nominations as we like, and we propose to nominate: Professor John Joseph; Professor Andrew Linn; and Professor Marjorie Lorch. I am pasting in below the three ‘blurbs’ that I will enter (slightly re-jigged to fit the different sections of the online form, which you can see here: https://www.hefce.ac.uk/research/ref/pubs/2010/01_10/nominate/Default.aspx ).

 

I would be grateful for any comments / further suggestions by the end of the month, direct to me: [log in to unmask]. I trust that you will agree with me that any and all of the three colleagues would be worthy additions to the panel and would serve the research interests of the society well.

 

With best wishes,

 

Nicola McLelland

 

[in alphabetical order!]

 

1.  John E Joseph, Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh, School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences, Dugald Stewart Building, 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AD.

Tel. 

0131 650 3497 (office), 0131 332 3979 (home), e-mail [log in to unmask]

 

Professor Joseph is widely known and respected, nationally and internationally, for his research in the fields of applied linguistics and the history of linguistics, with numerous books and articles to his name. He is particularly known for his work on language, politics and identity, and for his work on Saussure. In 2005-08 he held a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship. From 2011 he will be Editor of Language & Communication. He is very experienced in peer assessment, also beyond his own immediate field of expertise: he has recently served on the AHRC Research Panel, as well being in the AHRC Peer Review College.

 

2.  Professor Andrew Linn

Professor of the History of Linguistics Director of Research and Innovation, Faculty of Arts and Humanities University of Sheffield

School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics, Jessop West, 1 Upper Hanover Street, SHEFFIELD S3 7RA, UK

t: +44 (0)114 222 0216

f: +44 (0)114 222 0240

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Professor Linn is widely known for his work on language standardization and language planning in Scandinavia, and on language reform more generally. He has also published two monographs on the history of linguistics in Scandinavia and a further monograph on language planning in Scandinavia is due for completion in 2011. Professor Linn’s international reputation is reflected in his election to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi) and to the Agder Vitenskapsakademi. He has served as a council member of The Philological Society, and is chair of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas. He was a founding member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council peer review college and served as a specialist advisor to RAE panel 58.  He is currently Professor of the History of Linguistics at the University of Sheffield and Director of Research and Innovation in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities there, responsible for supporting research and KE across the humanities disciplines.

 

3.  Professor Marjorie Lorch

Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication
Birkbeck, University of London
43 Gordon Square,
London WC1H 0PD
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tel: 020 7631 6119

 

Professor Lorch has been active in applied linguistics research for over 25 years, with over 135 papers to her name. Her research investigates the organization of language in the brain to elucidate the mechanisms involved in language production at both theoretical and practical levels. In addition, she carries out theoretical work on the 19th century history of ideas about the nature of language and thought. She is thus familiar with the work and methods of  researchers from very diverse disciplines across the whole spectrum of linguistics. She is on the editorial board of the journal Cortex and the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences; and was head of History Section, Editorial Board of Brain and Language from 2000-2004. The breadth of her expertise is reflected in her work as referee for the National Science Foundation, USA; National Institute of Health, USA; Economic and Social Science Research Council, UK; Leverhulme Trust, UK, and for the journals Applied Linguistics, Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, Aphasiology, Journal of the History of Neuroscience, Brain, Bilingualism, Language and Cognition, Brain and Language, Journal of Neurolinguistics, Cognitive Neuropsychology, European Journal of Neurology, Medical Biography, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Medical Science Monitor.

 

 

 

 

Dr Nicola McLelland

Room C32, Trent Building

Senior Lecturer in  German

School of Modern Languages and Cultures

University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.

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