About the Author
John R Taylor is currently Professor of Linguistics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Dr. Taylor earned his PhD from Trier University, Germany. He taught at several universities including the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and the University of Trier. His Research Expertise includes Cognitive Linguistics, with special focus on morphology, phonology, and semantics; metatheoretical issues; and applications in language pedagogy. He has published over 100 book chapters and articles on internationally prestigious journals. His book Linguistic Categorization: Prototypes in Linguistic Theory (1989, 1995, 2003) has now been translated into many languages. He is the author of Possessives in English: An Exploration in Cognitive Grammar (1996) and Cognitive Grammar (2002). Taylor is an Editor of the Monograph Series Cognitive Linguistics Research, published by Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin. In the present lecture series, Taylor made a successful application of theories in Cognitive Linguistics in language pedagogy.