Department of Linguistics
Dr Jan Tent
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Formal name: Jan Tent Position: Senior Lecturer Personal Title: Dr Qualifications: BA (Hons) Dip. Ed. Macq., PhD. Otago. Telephone: +61 2 9850 9659 Fax: +61 2 9850 9352 Email: Jan.Tent@mq.edu.au Location: C5A 528 Web Pages: Selected Publications |
Profile
Jan joined the Linguistics Department as a full-time lecturer in January 2002. However, he has had a long-standing association with the department dating back to 1972. He was an honorary associate from 1997 to 2001. From 1991 to 1998, he was a senior lecturer in Linguistics in the Department of Literature and Language at the University of the South Pacific (Suva , Fiji). During this time, he conducted a large scale language use and attitude survey which formed part of his PhD, and was lucky enough to travel extensively throughout the South Pacific as part of his teaching duties. From 1977 to 1990, Jan lectured at Sydney University in Linguistics and English language in the English Department, the graduate Diploma in TEFL and the Linguistics Department.
He is currently convenor LING934 (Dissertation Part A), LING935 (Dissertation Part B), TRAN825 (Dictionaries in Translating & Interpreting), and the Linguistics Capstone unit LING399 (Language as Evidence).
Other professional contributions include: Director of the Australian National Placenames Survey; Secretary & Public Officer of Placenames Australia; member of the Advisory Board of Lexikos; member of the Technical & Scientific Subcommittee of the Geographical Names Boardof NSW; member of the Committee for the Geographical Names of Australasia.
Research interests
- Descriptive and general linguistics
- Varieties of English
- Fiji English
- Sociolinguistics
- Language use and attitudes
- Language variation and change
- Historical linguistics
- Lexicography
- Toponymy
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