Jan Svartvik | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 August 1931 |
| Died | 18 June 2024 (aged 92) |
| Relatives | Jesper Svartvik (son) |
| Awards | August Prize (Literature, 1999) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Lund University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguistics |
| Main interests | English language, Corpus linguistics |
Jan Lars Svartvik (18 August 1931 – 18 June 2024) was a Swedish linguist and professor in English. Svartvik's work started an entirely new discipline, forensic linguistics. He was the author of several grammar books on English that were widely used in teaching English in Sweden during his lifetime. One of his research areas was also corpus linguistics.