Michael Holman (linguist)

Michael Holman is a British linguist and Slavicist, fluent in Russian, Bulgarian, German and French. He studied at Lincoln College, Oxford and University of Leipzig, and worked for the University of Leeds in 1966-1999.

Together with the Bulgarian linguists A. Danchev, E. Dimova and M. Savova, Holman developed a system for the English-oriented Romanization of Bulgarian known as Danchev System.

Honours

DLitt honoris causa from Sofia University in 2005.

Publications

• A. Danchev, M. Holman, E. Dimova, M. Savova, An English Dictionary of Bulgarian Names: Spelling and Pronunciation, Nauka i Izkustvo Publishers, 1989, 288 pp.
• M. Holman, M. Kovatcheva. Teach Yourself Bulgarian: Complete Course Package, McGraw-Hill (2nd edition), 2004. ISBN 0071430237

External links

• Professor Michael Holman, University of Leeds website.

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