Gerald James Michael Gazdar,
FBA (born 24 February 1950) is a British
linguist
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...
and
computer scientist.
Education
He was educated at
Heath Mount School,
Bradfield College
Bradfield College, formally St Andrew's College, Bradfield, is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) for pupils aged 11–18, located in the small village of Bradfield in the English county of Berkshire. It is note ...
, the
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...
(BA, 1970) and the
University of Reading
The University of Reading is a public university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford extension college. The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 192 ...
(MA, PhD).
Career and research
Gazdar was appointed a lecturer at the
University of Sussex
, mottoeng = Be Still and Know
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £14.4 million (2020)
, budget = £319.6 million (2019–20)
, chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar
, vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil
, ...
in 1975, and became Professor of
Computational Linguistics there in 1985. He retired in 2002.
Gazdar defined
Linear Indexed Grammars and pioneered, along with his colleagues Ewan Klein,
Geoffrey Pullum
Geoffrey Keith Pullum (; born 8 March 1945) is a British and American linguist specialising in the study of English. He is Professor Emeritus of General Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh.
Pullum is a co-author of ''The Cambridge Gram ...
and
Ivan Sag, the framework of
Generalized Phrase Structure Grammars.
References
1950 births
Living people
People educated at Heath Mount School
People educated at Bradfield College
Alumni of the University of East Anglia
Alumni of the University of Reading
Academics of the University of Sussex
Syntacticians
Linguists from the United Kingdom
Fellows of the British Academy
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