Background
Harder, Peter was born on February 24, 1950 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Son of Thoger and Lene (Axelsen) Harder.
Harder, Peter was born on February 24, 1950 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Son of Thoger and Lene (Axelsen) Harder.
Bachelor, Copenhagen University, Denmark, 1979. Master of Arts, Copenhagen University, Denmark, 1977. Dr Phil, Copenhagen University, Denmark, 1996.
Foreign the Canadian Senator, see Peter Harder (politician) He is notable as a cofounder of the Danish Functional Linguistics stage of the Copenhagen School in linguistics. He has worked extensively with functional linguistic theories and speech act theory. In Denmark, he is best known among the general public for his outspoken criticism against the Danish government"s tight regulation of research, which he perceives as a threat to academic freedom.
The Status of Linguistic Facts: Rethinking the Relation between Cognition, Social Institution and Utterance from a Functional Point of View.
Higher Education representative Boards of Consultant for English Minister of Education, 1990, external examiner in England, 1981-1998.
Married Birthe Louise Bugge, August 2, 1975. Children: Christopher, Jonathan.