John McHardy Sinclair

John McHardy Sinclair ( born June 14, 1933, Scotland, † 13 March 2007) was a Scottish linguist ( linguist ).

Life

In 1980, the publishing house HarperCollins with the University of Birmingham founded the project Collins Birmingham University International Language Database ( COBUILD ), Sinclair was their most important employees.

After his retirement Sinclair went to Italy, where he founded together with his wife Elena Bonelli Tognini - the Tuscan Word Centre.

Writings (selection )

  • Towards the analysis of discourse. OUP, London, 1975, ISBN 0-19-436011-3. German: analysis of the language of instruction. Approaches to discourse analysis; shown on the linguistic behavior of English teachers and students. Quelle & Meyer Verlag, Heidelberg 1977, ISBN 3-494-00909-0.
  • Cobuild English Language Dictionary. Collins, London, 1988, ISBN 0-00-370023-2.
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