Hartmut Haberland (born February 3, 1948 in Hanover, Germany) is a German-Danish

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and professor emeritus at

Roskilde University Roskilde University ( da, Roskilde Universitet, abbreviated RUC or RU) is a Danish public university founded in 1972 and located in Trekroner in the Eastern part of Roskilde. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD deg ...

in Denmark. In 1977, he founded the ''

Journal of Pragmatics The ''Journal of Pragmatics'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the linguistic subfield of pragmatics. It was established in 1977 by Jacob L. Mey (at that time Odense University) and Hartmut Haberland (Roskilde University). Th ...

'' together with Jacob Mey. Currently, he is a co-editor of ''Pragmatics and Society'', and an editor of '' Acta Linguistica Hafniensia'', the journal of the Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen. In 2005, Haberland became a Danish citizen.

Research

Haberland's textbook ''Soziologie + Linguistik. Die schlechte Aufhebung sozialer Ungleichheit durch Sprache'' from 1973 was used in Europe as his first work with widespread recognition. The launch of ''Journal of Pragmatics'' (with co-editor Jacob L. Mey) went against the

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perspectives on linguistics at the time. This was part of the establishment of an

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linguistics. Haberland has also done important work in the area of language contact and the domains of certain languages. In particular, he created attention to the influence of English on the Danish language in terms of power and ideology, through concepts on ''hegemony'' and ''globalization''.

Career

Haberland studied German, linguistics and philosophy at the

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and

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. He graduated with an MA from Freie Universität Berlin in 1971. After teaching at Freie Universität Berlin he took a job at

in 1974, first as an

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. In 2012, he become professor of German language and the sociolinguistics of globalisation. He retired in 2018. He has been a guest professor, researcher or summer school professor in Athens (1993), Soka (Japan) (1995), Beijing (1996), Guangzhou (2006), Osaka (2009) and Hong Kong (2010). In 2011, a

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was published with contributions based on a symposium held at his 60th birthday in 2008.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haberland, Hartmut Linguists from Germany Linguists of Danish 1948 births Living people Writers from Hanover Academic staff of Roskilde University Free University of Berlin alumni German expatriates in Denmark