What is John Lyons (linguist)?
'''Sir John Lyons''' [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]] (23 May 1932 {{ndash}} 12 March 2020) was a British linguist, working on [[semantics]]. He was born in [[Stretford]], [[Lancashire]]. Between 1965 and 1969, he was the founder editor of the ''[[Journal of Linguistics]]''.<ref>''New Horizons in Linguistics'' ed. Lyons, Pelican 1972 reprint {{ISBN|978-0-14-021223-5}}</ref> From 1964 to 1984, he was professor of linguistics at the universities of [[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh]] and [[University of Sussex|Sussex]]. Upon retirement in 2000 he moved to France. He died on 12 March 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title = Sir John Lyons 1932-2020| date = 16 March 2020Z| url = https://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/news/sir-john-lyons/| website = Trinity Hall Cambridge| access-date = 16 March 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, John}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Edinburgh]] {{bio-stub}}