Simon Horobin (born 22 September 1972) is a British

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and author.

Life and career

Horobin graduated from the

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. He is a professor of English Language and Literature at the

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and a

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. He has been a visiting professor at the

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, and

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. He has also acted as honorary secretary for the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature. Horobin has appeared on several radio and television programmes to discuss linguistic issues and has been interviewed for various articles in numerous national papers. In 2018, he gave a talk on his book ''The English Language: A Very Short Introduction'' at Google London.

Selected publications

Books

* ''The Language of the Chaucer Tradition'' - D.S. Brewer, 2003 * ''Chaucer's Language'' - Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 * ''Studying the History of Early English'' -

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, 2009 * ''Does Spelling Matter?'' - Oxford University Press, 2013 * ''How English Became English: A Short History of a Global Language'' -

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, 2016 * ''The English Language: A Very Short Introduction'' (Very Short Introductions), 2018 * ''Bagels, Bumf, and Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language'' - Oxford University Press, 2019

Articles

"Spelling It Out: Is It Time English Speakers Loosened Up"? (2014)

* ttp://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170807-the-true-importance-of-good-spelling "The True Importance of Good Spelling." (2017)
"Trump's Covfefe Takes Hold in the Land of the Spelling Bee."

References

External links

Simon Horobin at Magdalen College
British philologists 1972 births Living people Alumni of the University of Glasgow {{England-linguist-stub