Bas Aarts

Bas Aarts is a Professor of English Linguistics at the Department of English, University College London (UCL), where he has worked since 1989. He served as Vice-Dean for Innovation and Enterprise in UCL's Faculty of Arts and Humanities (2016–2022) and as Director of the Survey of English Usage (1997–present).

• Professor of English Linguistics (2003–present)
• Director of Survey of English Usage (1997–present)
• International Society for Linguistics of English - Vice-President (2007–2012)

Research Interests: His work spans corpus linguistics, syntax, language change, and grammar pedagogy. Recent publications focus on grammatical constructions, verbal structures, and educational interventions.

Scientific Awards:

• Founding Editor of English Language and Linguistics (Cambridge University Press) (1997)
• UK Government Advisor for grammar teaching in schools (2014–2018)
• Member of the Council of the Philological Society (2015–2018)
• International Society for Linguistics of English - Vice-President (2007–2012)

Publications: His 15 most recent works highlight expertise in grammatical theory, corpus-based language change, and pedagogical frameworks. Key topics include syntactic gradience, verb phrase evolution, and oblique constructions in English.