Dr Jack Wilson
Faculty of Social Science, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy (VA)
Current positions
Lecturer in English
Areas of Research
I research meaning. In particular, I am interested in the human capacity for meaning. Using a range of methods, I explore the following questions in my research:
How does linguistic meaning differ from other types of human meaning (e.g., gesture)?
How does human communication differ from animal communication?
What role does a language's environment play on its structure?
What's the difference between human and AI language generation?
Relatedly, I am fascinated by the history of 20th Century philosophy, particularly the analytic movement in Europe and America.
Areas of Supervision
I would be interested in supervising PhDs on Semantics/Pragmatics, Multimodality and Gesture studies, philosophy of language, philosophy of artificial intelligence
I am the programme leader for BA English Language. I am also the module leader for several modules on the degree:
Introducing Language
Critical Skills in the 21st Century
Philosophy of Language
Artificial Intelligence and the Humanities
I also developed materials for and lecture on Critical Skills in the 21st Century
Qualifications
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PhD in Linguistics
2017 -
Pragmatics
2011 -
English Language and Linguistics
2010