Paul Chilton
Born (1944-10-21) October 21, 1944 (age 79)
NationalityBritish
Known forCognitive linguistics; political discourse analysis
Academic background
EducationCheadle Hulme School (formerly The Manchester Warehousmen and Clerks Orphan School)
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Academic work
Institutions
  • University of Warwick
  • University of East Anglia
  • Lancaster University

Paul Anthony Chilton (born 21 October 1944) is a British cognitive linguist and discourse analyst known for his work on conceptual metaphor, cognitive stylistics, and political discourse.[1] Chilton developed a three-dimensional model to analyze semantic structure in natural languages, basd on spatial cognition and using a formalism derived from vector geometry. This approach has been applied to discourse in terms of spatial, temporal, and modal dimensions.[2]

Chilton is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Lancaster.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Notice de personne: Chilton, Paul Anthony (1944-....)". Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  2. ^ Baker, Paul; Ellece, Sibonile (2011). Key terms in discourse analysis. New York, N.Y.: Continuum. ISBN 9781441173133. OCLC 703257723
  3. ^ "Professor Paul Chilton". Lancaster University. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
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