Peter Trudgill#
| Membership Number: | 2681 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2005 Honorary Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
- since 2005 Professor Emeritus of English Linguistics, University of Fribourg
- 1998 - 2005 Professor of English Linguistics at the Department of English, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- 1992 - 1998 Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Lausanne
- 1987 - 1992 Professor of Sociolinguistics (Personal Chair) at the Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex
- 1986 - 1987 Reader in Sociolinguistics at the Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex
- 1983 - 1986 Professor (Personal Chair) at the Department of Linguistic Science, University of Reading, UK
- 1978 - 1983 Reader at the Department of Linguistic Science, University of Reading, UK
- 1973 - 1978 Lecturer at the Department of Linguistic Science, University of Reading, UK
- 1970 - 1973 Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Linguistic Science, University of Reading, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Linguistics
- English accents and dialects
- Sociolinguistics
Honours and Awards
- 1989 Fellow of the British Academy
- 1992 - 1993 President of the Societas Linguistica Europaea
- 1995 Doctorate Honoris Causa, Faculty of Letters, Uppsala University, Sweden
- 1995 Fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- 1996 Fellow of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
- 2002 Honorary Doctorate (LittD), University of East Anglia
- 2003 Fellow of the Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters, Norway
- 2003 Fellow of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture
- 2005 Honorary Doctorate, La Trobe University, Australia
- 2009 Fellow of the Academia Europaea
- 2011 Lifetime Honorary Member, Linguistic Society of America
- 2019 Doctorate Honoris Causa, awarded by the Murcia University Assembly. Prof. Trudgill is only the second linguist in the past 100 years to receive the award at the University
- 2022 Doctor honoris causa, Universidad de Murcia
