Lyons, (Sir) John

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LYONS, (Sir) John

LYONS, (Sir) John. British, b. 1932. Genres: Language/Linguistics. Career: University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1964-1976, became professor of general linguistics; University of Sussex, Brighton, England, professor of linguistics, 1976-84; Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, master of Trinity Hall, 1984-; knighted 1987. Publications: Structural Semantics, 1963; Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics, 1968; Chomsky, 1970, rev ed 1998; Semantics One, 1977; Semantics Two, 1977; Language, Meaning, and Context, 1981, 2nd ed 1991; Language and Linguistics: An Introduction, 1981; Natural Language and Universal Grammar, 1991; Linguistic Semantics, 1995. Address: The Master's Lodge, Trinity Hall, Cambridge CB2 1TJ, England.