Jørn Lund (linguist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Danish linguist, professor and editor
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Place of Birth: Viborg, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
About Jørn Lund (linguist)
- Jørn Lund (born 1946) is a Danish linguist who is professor of Danish language at Danmarks Lærerhøjskole, and since 2013 chairman of Dansk Sprognævn (the Danish council for regulation of the Danish language).
- He is the author of the Great Dictionary of Danish Pronunciation (1990, with Lars Brink) and the two-volume Standard Danish (Dansk rigsmål) (1975, also with Lars Brink), as well as a number of popular books about the Danish language.
- He was also the chairman of several government councils for language and cultural politics, notably the council that produced the Danish Culture Canon in 2007.
- Since 1980 he is a member of the Danish Academy.
- from 1991 to 2001 he was the Editor in Chief of Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (The Great Danish Encyclopedia).
- He writes a weekly column in the Danish newspaper Politiken.
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