Sidney Greenbaum (31 December 1929 – 28 May 1996) was a British scholar of the
English language
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and of
linguistics
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. He was
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of English language and literature at the
University College London
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from 1983 to 1990 and Director of the
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History
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, 1983–96. With
Randolph Quirk and others, he wrote ''
A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language'' (Longman 1985). He also wrote ''Oxford English Grammar'' (Oxford, 1996).
Greenbaum studied at
Jews' College
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, London, and was a qualified minister of religion although he never held a paid ministerial position. According to the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' entry on Greenbaum, "In 1990 Greenbaum resigned the Quain chair at University College following his conviction in London of a number of charges of sexual assault on young boys."
Selected bibliography
;All cited to:
*1970
*1972 (with
Randolph Quirk,
Geoffrey Leech
Geoffrey Neil Leech FBA (16 January 1936 – 19 August 2014) was a specialist in English language and linguistics. He was the author, co-author, or editor of over 30 books and over 120 published papers. His main academic interests were English ...
, and Jan Svartvik). ''A Grammar of Contemporary English''. London: Longman.
*1973 (with Randolph Quirk). ''A University Grammar of English''. London: Longman;
*1985 (with Randolph Quirk, Geoffrey Leech, and Jan Svartvik). ''A Comprehensive Grammar of the English'', Language. London: Longman.
*1986 (with Janet Whitcut). ''The Complete Plain Words by Sir Ernest Gowers'' (3rd ed.). London: HMSO; Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books; Boston: David R. Godine, 1988.
*1988
*1988 (with Janet Whitcut). ''The Longman Guide to English Usage''. London: Longman. Bookclub hardback edition, London: Guild Publishing
*1989
*1990 (with Randolph Quirk).
*1991 ''An Introduction to English Grammar''. London: Longman.
:*2013 republished:
*1992 (associate editor). ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'', edited by T. McArthur. Oxford: Oxford University Press
*1996
*1996 ''Comparing English Worldwide: The International Corpus of English''. Edition of commissioned papers. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
*1996 Afterword. In ''South Asian English: Structure, Use and Users'', edited by Robert J. Baumgardner, Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
*1996 (with Gerald Nelson and Michael Weitzman). "Complement Clauses in English." In ''Using Corpora for Language Research: Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Leech'', edited by M. Short and J. A. Thomas, 6-91. London: Longman.
*1996 (with Gerald Nelson). Introduction. ''World Englishes'' 15:1-3.
*1996 (with Gerald Nelson). "The International Corpus of English (ICE) Project." ''World Englishes'' 15:5-17.
*1996 (with Ni Yibin). "About the ICE Tagset." ''Comparing English Worldwide: The International Corpus of English'', edited by Sidney Greenbaum, 92–100. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
References
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External links
UCL Survey of English Usage – Sydney Greenbaum Biography
Linguists from England
1929 births
1996 deaths
Linguists of English
Academics of University College London
English Jews
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