Vivian Cook (linguist)
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Prof. Vivian James Cook (13 June 1940 – 10 December 2021) was a British linguist who was Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University.
Vivian J. Cook | |
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Born | (1940-06-13)13 June 1940 Ealing, England |
Died | 10 December 2021 (aged 81) Colchester, Essex. |
Nationality | English |
Institutions | Ealing Art College North East London Polytechnic Essex University Newcastle University |
Main interests | Second-language acquisition |
Website | www |
He was known for his work on second-language acquisition and second-language teaching, and for writing textbooks and popular books about linguistics.
He worked on a number of topics such as bilingualism, EFL (English as a foreign language), first-language acquisition, second-language teaching, linguistics, and the English writing system. He published more than 20 books and 100 papers.[1]
He was founder and first President of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA),[2] and co-founder of the Oxford University Press journal Writing Systems Research.[3]
He died in December 2021 at the age of 81 and was survived by his wife Pam.[4]