Biography of Jane Roberts

Jane Roberts is an Honorary Research Fellow on the Deaprtment of English Language. She was a lecturer in the Department of English Language and contributed to the Historical Thesaurus of English project. The project presents the vocabulary of English from Old English to the present day. Words are arranged according to their meanings and dates of use allowing users to explore connections between words. It is based on the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and was completed and published in two volumes in 2009.

Roberts was educated at the universities of Dublin and Oxford. She is currently Emeritus Professor, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of English Studies, at the University of London. Her main interest is in the history of the English language, especially lexical semantics and medieval vernacular manuscripts.

Summary

Jane Roberts
Language Scholar
University Link: Lecturer
GU Degrees:
Occupation categories: language scholars
Record last updated: 26th Apr 2010

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University Roles

• Lecturer

World Changing Achievements

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Christian Kay and Jane Roberts receive a Saltire Book of the Year Award

Jane Roberts