Sture Allén#
| Email: | sture.allen 'at' svenskaakademien.se |
| Membership Number: | 567 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Username: | sallen |
Present and Previous Positions
- Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, 1986–99
- 1982- Rector of Göteborg University, Sweden
- 1980-1986 Prorector of Göteborg University, Sweden
- 1979–1993 Professor of Computational Linguistics (first holder), Gothenburg University, (3/4 off duty 1986–93)
- 1972–79 Professor of Computational Linguistics (first holder), Swedish Humanistic Research Council,
- 1970–72 Associate Professor of Computational Linguistics, Swedish Humanistic Research Council,
- 1965–70 Assistant Professor and, periodically, Acting Professor of Scandiavian Philology, Gothenburg University
Fields of Scholarship
- computational linguistics
- corpus linguistics
- computer-aided lexicography
- lexicology, natural-language processing
- Swedish, Scandinavian languages
- textual criticism, philology
- language planning
Honours and Awards
- Henrik Ahrenberg Prize, 1966
- Member, Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences of Gothenburg, 1976
- Language Cultivation Prize of the Swedish Academy, 1979
- Member, Swedish Academy, 1980
- Erik Wellander Prize, 1980
- Medal for Zealous and Devoted Public Service, 1985
- Golden Ladder, 1986
- H. M. the King's Medal, 12th Size, in the Ribbon of the Order of the Seraphim for Eminent Scientific and Cultural Achievements, 1987
- Fil. Dr h. c., the Swedish University of Åbo, Finland, 1988
- Chester Carlson Research Prize, 1988
- Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, 1988
- Member, Academia Europeae, 1989
- Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, 1990
- Corresponding Member, Icelandic Society of Sciences, 1991
- Honorary Member, Swedish Literary Society in Finland, 1991
- Honorary Member, Gothenburg Students Society at Uppsala University, 1994
- Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 1994
- Gothenburg City Medal of Merit in Gold, 1994
- Knight Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, 1994
- Member, Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, 2000
- Margit Påhlson Linguistic Prize of the Swedish Academy, 2000
- Chalmers Medal for valuable contributions to the activity and development of Chalmers Technical University, 2002
- Honorary Member, Gothenburg Students Society at Lund University, 2004
- Knight of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon, 2007
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