Henning John Bergenholtz (born 26 August 1944) is a

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linguist, who is head of Center for Lexicography at Aarhus School of Business in

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. Professor Bergenholtz has contributed to

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as a science with publications on theoretical lexicography as well as several printed and electronic dictionaries. Bergenholtz went to study in Germany at age 16. He received his master's degree at the Universität Berlin in 1973, and his doctorate degrees at the

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in 1975 and 1978. He was a lecturer at universities in

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and Bochum and moved back to Denmark in 1987.Henning Bergenholtz CV
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in 2007 he said that

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was more trustworthy than most other encyclopedic dictionaries. He is currently an advisor regarding the Danske Netordbog, part of

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. On 17 June 2010, he received a Honoris Causa Doctorate by the

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. He is a member of the

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Bibliography

* Henning Bergenholtz/Sven Tarp (eds.): ''Manual of Specialised Lexicography''. Benjamins Publishing 1995. * Sandro Nielsen/Sven Tarp (eds.): ''Lexicography in the 21st Century. In honour of Henning Bergenholtz''. John Benjamins Publishing 2009.

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External links

Henning Bergenholtz
his academic homepage. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergenholtz, Henning 1944 births Living people Linguists from Denmark Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters