Kurt Lundqvist is a Swedish linguist and professor of corpus linguistics at the University of Gothenburg. His scholarly work focuses on lexical semantics, phraseology, and the methodological development of corpus‑based research. Lundqvist earned his doctorate in linguistics from the University of Gothenburg, where he later joined the Department of Linguistics, Language and Speech as a faculty member.
Academic Career
- Education: Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Gothenburg (1999).
- Positions: Lecturer, senior lecturer, and subsequently Professor of Corpus Linguistics at the University of Gothenburg.
- Research Interests: Corpus linguistics, lexical semantics, collocation, phraseology, discourse analysis, and the application of computational methods to linguistic data.
Contributions
Lundqvist has contributed to the development of corpus‑based approaches for investigating lexical meaning and usage patterns. He has authored and co‑authored numerous peer‑reviewed articles and book chapters, including contributions to the Oxford Handbook of Corpus Linguistics and The Cambridge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics. His research has been published in journals such as Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, and Applied Linguistics.
Selected Publications
- Lundqvist, K. (2005). “Lexical Semantics and Corpus Linguistics.” International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 10(2), 157–176.
- Lundqvist, K., & Grzybek, M. (Eds.). (2012). Corpus Linguistics: Method, Theory and Practice. Routledge.
- Lundqvist, K. (2015). “Collocation, Lexical Bundles and Phraseology.” In The Lexicon (pp. 101–124). Springer.
Professional Service
Lundqvist has served on editorial boards for several linguistic journals and has been involved in international research networks, including the European Association for Corpus Linguistics (EACL) and the CLARIN (Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure) initiative. He has also organized and chaired sessions at major conferences in corpus linguistics and applied linguistics.
Recognition
His work is widely cited within the fields of corpus linguistics and lexical semantics, and he is recognized for advancing methodological standards for corpus‑based analysis of lexical items and phraseological units.
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