Geoffrey Leech

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:award gptkb:Fellow_of_the_British_Academy
gptkb:Honorary_Doctorate,_Charles_University
gptkbp:birthDate 1936-01-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Maghull,_Lancashire,_England
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution formal semantics
work on English grammar
development of corpus linguistics
theory of politeness in pragmatics
gptkbp:deathDate 2014-08-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lancaster,_England
gptkbp:degree gptkb:PhD
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Randolph_Quirk
gptkbp:editor gptkb:International_Journal_of_Corpus_Linguistics
gptkb:English_Language_and_Linguistics
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Lancaster_University
gptkbp:field gptkb:syntax
gptkb:English_language
linguistics
semantics
pragmatics
corpus linguistics
stylistics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Geoffrey_Neil_Leech
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Geoffrey Leech
gptkbp:influenced English grammar studies
corpus linguistics research
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Randolph_Quirk
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Academia_Europaea
gptkb:British_Academy
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:English_Grammar
gptkb:Longman_Grammar_of_Spoken_and_Written_English
gptkb:A_Linguistic_Guide_to_English_Poetry
gptkb:Principles_of_Pragmatics
Corpus Annotation
Meaning and the English Verb
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:academic
gptkb:linguist
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:position Professor of English Linguistics
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Lancaster,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Fanny_Leech
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Longman_Grammar_of_Spoken_and_Written_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6