Professor Geoffrey K. Pullum (born in 1945 in Irvine, Scotland) is a linguist specialising in the study of English.

Biography

Geoffrey Pullum had, by his own admission, a very mediocre academic career prior to university, ending in his leaving high school at age 16 without completing it. After working in several jobs and performing as part of the rock band Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band , he enrolled in the University of York in 1968, graduating in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts with first class honours. In 1976 he completed a PhD in linguistics at the University of London.

Pullum left Britain in 1980, taking visiting positions at the University of Washington and Stanford University. He has worked at the University of California, Santa Cruz since 1981. In 1987 he became a citizen of the USA. As of 2004, his current position is Professor of Linguistics and Distinguished Professor of Humanities.

Selected publications

• Huddleston, Rodney D. and Pullum, Geoffrey K. (2002). The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521431468.
• Pullum, Geoffrey K. and Ladusaw, William A. (1996). Phonetic Symbol Guide, University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226685357
• Pullum, Geoffrey K. (1991). The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language, University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226685349.
• Gazdar, Gerald ; Klein, Ewan ; Pullum, Geoffrey K.; and Sag, Ivan A. (1985). Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar. Basil Blackwell, Oxford. ISBN 0631132066

References

• Pullum, Geoffrey K. Geoffrey K. Pullum: Biography. Retrieved December 14, 2004.

External links

• Geoffrey K. Pullum's personal home page
• Language Log