Marc Alexander

Professor Marc Alexander is a Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Glasgow, specializing in historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, and digital humanities. He serves as the third Director of the Historical Thesaurus of English and Director of STELLA, a dedicated computer laboratory for teaching English studies. His research focuses on lexical semantics, the evolution of meaning, and computational approaches to language analysis. Alexander has led major projects such as the SAMUELS initiative and the Our Heritage, Our Stories project, exploring AI tools for cultural heritage digitization. He has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize and a Philip Leverhulme Prize for his work on lexicalization and semantic analysis.

His research interests span parliamentary discourse analysis, legal language, and the application of computational methods to historical texts. Notable contributions include the Hansard Corpus and semantic tagging frameworks. Alexander collaborates widely, contributing to interdisciplinary projects like the Linguistic DNA of Modern Thought and the Mapping Metaphor project. His work bridges traditional linguistics with digital innovation, emphasizing the role of language as a cultural heritage object.

• Awards: Queen's Anniversary Prize (2019), Philip Leverhulme Prize (2020-2024)
• Key Projects: SAMUELS, Our Heritage, Our Stories, Historical Thesaurus updates
• Labs/Teams: STELLA Lab, Historical Thesaurus Team