Roy Harris Series

Roy Harris is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Oxford and an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund Hall. His extensive academic experience, including teaching posts in Hong Kong, Boston, and Paris, and visiting fellowships across South Africa, Australia, and India, has shaped his profound insights into the nature of language. Harris's work delves into the intricate relationship between language, thought, and society, exploring how linguistic structures and usage reflect and influence human cognition and social interactions. His scholarly contributions offer a deep examination of the fundamental ways language shapes our understanding of the world and each other.