Background
Thrainsson, Höskuldur was born on January 15, 1946 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Son of Thrainn Thorisson and Margret Larusdottir.
Thrainsson, Höskuldur was born on January 15, 1946 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Son of Thrainn Thorisson and Margret Larusdottir.
Bachelor, University Iceland, Reykjavík, 1969. Master of Arts, University Iceland, Reykjavík, 1974. Degree, University Kiel, Germany, 1972.
Master of Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979.
Lecturer Teachers' Training College, Reykjavík, 1969—1970. Research assistant University Kiel, 1970—1972. Lecturer University Iceland, 1979—1980, professor, since 1980, vice dean, faculty philosophy, 1981—1983, 1985—1987, dean, faculty philosophy, 1983—1985, vice dean, faculty humanities Iceland, 2004—2006.
Chair Center Research Humanities, 2005—2008. Visiting professor Harvard University, 1991—1995. Board member Center Excellence Advanced Study Theoretical Linguistics, Tromsö, Norway, 2003—2007, ScanDiaSyn, Scandinavian Dialect Syntax Network, Tromsö, 2004—2010, Nordic Center Excellence Microcomparative Syntax, Tromsö, 2005—2010.
Member of Icelandic Linguistic Society, Linguistic Society America, Nordic Association Linguistics (board member 1980-1985), Society Scientiarum Islandica.
Married Sigridur Magnusdottir, August 23, 1967. Children: Steinar Höskuldsson, Gudrun Höskuldsdottir, Margret Höskuldsdottir.