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Jean Pierre van Noppen
Of Dutch-speaking origin but become a francophone through his marriage and work, Jean-Pierre van Noppen studied Germanic Philology (specializing in English) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he was the last student to write a dissertation (on modal auxiliaries) under the guidance of Eric Buyssens.
Upon graduation in 1969, he embarked upon a career in English teaching, first in an international school, and subsequently at the Vrije Universiteit and the Université Libre, where he obtained his doctorate (on communication problems in popular theology) in 1980, and stayed to become a professor in English language and linguistics until his retirement in 2012. His research reflects his interest in lexicography (he has collaborated on several dictionaries), theolinguistics (the interface between linguistics and theology), critical discourse analysis, pragmastylistics, Methodist discourse and metaphor, on which he published two large bibliographies. Upon retirement he has withdrawn from the academic world as well as from lay involvement with the church to devote more time to his family, grandchildren and hobbies, but has kept actively collaborating on an online multilingual communicative grammar.
Upon graduation in 1969, he embarked upon a career in English teaching, first in an international school, and subsequently at the Vrije Universiteit and the Université Libre, where he obtained his doctorate (on communication problems in popular theology) in 1980, and stayed to become a professor in English language and linguistics until his retirement in 2012. His research reflects his interest in lexicography (he has collaborated on several dictionaries), theolinguistics (the interface between linguistics and theology), critical discourse analysis, pragmastylistics, Methodist discourse and metaphor, on which he published two large bibliographies. Upon retirement he has withdrawn from the academic world as well as from lay involvement with the church to devote more time to his family, grandchildren and hobbies, but has kept actively collaborating on an online multilingual communicative grammar.
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Senior year coursebook. Presses Universitaires de Bruxelles, © 1995.
Senior year coursebook. Presses Universitaires de Bruxelles, © 1995.