Peter Harder
Encyclopedia
Peter Harder is a Danish linguist and professor of English language
at the University of Copenhagen
. He is notable as a cofounder of the Danish Functional Linguistics
stage of the Copenhagen School in linguistics
. He has worked extensively with functional linguistic theories and speech act
theory. In Denmark, he is best known among the general public for his outspoken criticism against the Danish government's tight regulation of research, which he perceives as a threat to academic freedom.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
at the University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...
. He is notable as a cofounder of the Danish Functional Linguistics
Danish Functionalism
Danish functional linguistics is a strand of functional linguistics drawing heavily on the work and ideas of Louis Hjelmslev, but also other functional frameworks such as cognitive semantics and Simon Dik's functional grammar. It is mainly associated with linguists at the University of Copenhagen...
stage of the Copenhagen School in linguistics
The Copenhagen school (Linguistics)
The Copenhagen School, officially the "Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen ", was a group of scholars dedicated to the study of structural linguistics founded by Louis Hjelmslev and Viggo Brøndal...
. He has worked extensively with functional linguistic theories and speech act
Speech act
Speech Act is a technical term in linguistics and the philosophy of language. The contemporary use of the term goes back to John L. Austin's doctrine of locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts...
theory. In Denmark, he is best known among the general public for his outspoken criticism against the Danish government's tight regulation of research, which he perceives as a threat to academic freedom.
Selected publications
- (2005) Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen, Michael Fortescue, Peter Harder, Lars Heltoft, Michael Herslund & Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen: Dansk Funktionel Lingvistik - en helhedsforståelse af forholdet mellem sprogstruktur, sprogbrug og kognition. Københavns Universitet & RUC: København.
- (2003) The Status of Linguistic Facts: Rethinking the Relation between Cognition, Social Institution and Utterance from a Functional Point of View. Mind and Language 18, 1, 52-76
- (2003) Mental spaces: Exactly when do we need them? Cognitive Linguistics 14‑1, 91-96.
- (1999) "Partial Autonomy. Ontology and Methodology in Cognitive Linguistics", i Theo Janssen and Gisela Redeker (eds.), Cognitive Linguistics: Foundations, Scope and Methodology, Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 195-222.
- (1999) "Function, Cognition and Layered Clause Structure", i Jens Allwood og Peter Gärdenfors (red.) Cognitive Semantics, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 37-66.
- Functional Semantics: A Theory of Meaning, Structure and Tense in English. (Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs 87). Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 586 pp.