Ernst Håkon Jahr#
Membership Number: | 2498 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
Elected: | 2008 |
Main Country of Residence: | NORWAY |
Homepage(s): | http://www.uia.no/kk/profil/ernsthj |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2000-2007 Rector of Agder University
- 1999-present Professor, Scandinavian Linguistics, Agder University, Kristiansand
- 1986-1998 Professor, Scandinavian Linguistics, University of Tromsø
- 1984-dr.philos. degree at the University of Tromsø
- 1976-PhD degree in Scandinavian Linguistics at the University of Oslo
Fields of Scholarship
- Historical sociolinguistics
- Language history
- Language contact
- Language conflict
- Language planning
- History of linguistics
Honours and Awards
- Member Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- President and founder of the Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters
- Member of Academia Europaea (2008)
- Member of The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Göteborg (2010)
- Awarded the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize (2011)