Jan Terje Faarlund

Professor
Jan Terje Faarlund
Born 3 May 1943
Østre Toten
Fields North Germanic languages
Institutions Norwegian University of Science and Technology
University of Oslo

Jan Terje Faarlund (born 3 May 1943) is a Norwegian linguist and professor emeritus of North Germanic languages at the University of Oslo.[1][2]

Career

Faarlund was born in Østre Toten. His academic career began with his magister dissertation Preposisjonsuttrykkenes syntaks i moderne norsk (Prepositional Phrase Syntax in Modern Norwegian, 1974)[1] and he has also done substantial work on grammatical issues in Norwegian. One of his most extensive works is as a coauthor of Norsk referansegrammatikk (Norwegian Reference Grammar, 1997).[1]

Faarlund previously worked as a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. After two previous marriages, he was married to the social anthropologist Marianne Gullestad (1946–2008).[1][3]

Memberships and honours

He was elected as a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters in 1983 and as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1996. He has also been a member of the London Philological Society since 1977.[1]

In 2013 he was awarded the Gad Rausing Prize for Outstanding Research in the Humanities by the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.[2]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Jan Terje Faarlund". Norsk biografisk leksikon.
  2. 1 2 Jan Terje Faarlund får svensk prestisjepris. Uniforum. (Norwegian)
  3. ↑ Norsk biografisk leksikon: Marianne Gullestad (Norwegian)

External links

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