Henning John Bergenholtz (born 26 August 1944) is a Danish linguist, who is head of Center for Lexicography at

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. Professor Bergenholtz has contributed to

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as a science with publications on theoretical lexicography as well as several printed and electronic dictionaries. Bergenholtz went to study in Germany at age 16. He received his master's degree at the

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in 1973, and his doctorate degrees at the University of Essen in 1975 and 1978. He was a lecturer at universities in

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and

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and moved back to Denmark in 1987.Henning Bergenholtz CV
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in 2007 he said that

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was more trustworthy than most other encyclopedic dictionaries. He is currently an advisor regarding the Danske Netordbog, part of Ordbogen.com. On 17 June 2010, he received a Honoris Causa Doctorate by the

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. He is a member of the

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Bibliography

* Henning Bergenholtz/Sven Tarp (eds.): ''Manual of Specialised Lexicography''. Benjamins Publishing 1995. * Sandro Nielsen/Sven Tarp (eds.): ''Lexicography in the 21st Century. In honour of Henning Bergenholtz''. John Benjamins Publishing 2009.

References

External links

Henning Bergenholtz
his academic homepage. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergenholtz, Henning 1944 births Living people Linguists from Denmark Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters