Professor Jan Svartvik, Honorary Doctor of Masaryk University, died
It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Jan Svartvik, Professor Emeritus at Lund University and holder of an honorary doctorate from Masaryk University, on 18 June 2024 at the age of 92. He was a world-renowned English scholar and an eminent expert in the field of corpus linguistics who made a significant contribution to the development of modern linguistics and English studies.