Hon. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. H.G.Widdowson (retired)
CONTACT:
Room: 3E-O2-15
T: +43 1 4277-424-41
by appointment
Research Interests
- Applied linguistics.
- English language teaching.
- Discourse analysis.
- Literary stylistics.
Selected Publications
- Stylistics and the Teaching of Literature. London: Longman. 1975.
- Teaching Language as Communication. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1978.
- Explorations in Applied Linguistics, Vols 1 & 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1979 & 1984.
- Aspects of Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1990.
- Practical Stylistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1992.
- Defining Issues in English Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2003.
- Text, Context, Pretext. Oxford:Blackwell. 2004.
- Discourse Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007.
CV
- 1969 - 77. Lecturer, Dept of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
- 1977 - 1998. Professor of English, University of London Institute of Education.
- Since 1998. Professor Emeritus
- 1993 - 1998. Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Essex.
- 1998 - 2001. Professor of English Linguistics, University of Vienna,
- Since 2001. Honorary Professor.