When was Jan Terje Faarlund born?
Jan Terje Faarlund was born on the 3rd of May 1943, in Østre Toten Municipality, Norway.
Questions about Jan Terje Faarlund
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What did Jan Terje Faarlund argue about the origins of English?
In a 2014 paper co-written with Joseph Embley Emonds, Jan Terje Faarlund argued that English is a Scandinavian, or North Germanic, language rather than a direct descendant of Anglo-Saxon. The paper, English: The Language of the Vikings, holds that Anglo-Saxon influenced English before dying out, placing English's closest relatives as Swedish and Norwegian rather than German, Frisian, or Dutch.
Where has Jan Terje Faarlund worked as a professor?
Jan Terje Faarlund is professor emeritus of North Germanic languages at the University of Oslo. He previously worked as a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
What awards and honors has Jan Terje Faarlund received?
In 2013, Jan Terje Faarlund received the Gad Rausing Prize for Outstanding Research in the Humanities from the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. He was elected to the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters in 1983 and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1996, and has been a member of the London Philological Society since 1977.
Who did Jan Terje Faarlund marry?
Jan Terje Faarlund married social anthropologist Marianne Gullestad, who lived from 1946 to 2008, after two previous marriages.
What is Jan Terje Faarlund's Norsk referansegrammatikk?
Norsk referansegrammatikk, or Norwegian Reference Grammar, is a 1997 grammar that Jan Terje Faarlund coauthored with Svein Lie and Kjell Ivar Vannebo. It followed his 1974 magister dissertation on prepositional phrase syntax in modern Norwegian.