Deirdre Wilson | |
|---|---|
 Wilson's books: Relevance: Communication and Cognition and Meaning and Relevance | |
| Born | 1941 (age 83–84) England, UK |
| Known for | Developer of relevance theory |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Noam Chomsky |
| Influences | H. P. Grice Noam Chomsky Jerry Fodor |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguistics |
| Sub-discipline | Pragmatics Relevance theory Philosophy of language |
| Notable students | Stephen Neale Robyn Carston Tim Wharton |
Deirdre Susan Moir Wilson,FBA (born 1941) [1] is a British linguist and cognitive scientist. She is emeritus professor of Linguistics at University College London and research professor at the Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature at the University of Oslo. Her most influential work has been in linguistic pragmatics—specifically in the development of Relevance Theory with French anthropologist Dan Sperber. [2] This work has been especially influential in the Philosophy of Language. Important influences on Wilson are Noam Chomsky,Jerry Fodor,and Paul Grice. Linguists and philosophers of language who have been students of Wilson include Stephen Neale (CUNY Graduate Center),Robyn Carston (University College London) and Tim Wharton (University of Brighton).
