Geert Booij
Dutch linguist
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Geert Evert Booij (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣeːrd ˈboːi];[a] born 1947) is a Dutch linguist, and emeritus professor of linguistics at the University of Leiden. He is credited as the creator of construction morphology.[1][2][3][4][5]
Born1947 (age 78–79)
Hoogeveen, Netherlands
EducationUniversity of Amsterdam (PhD)
University of Groningen (MA)
Awards
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- Humboldt Research Award (2011)
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| Born | 1947 (age 78–79) Hoogeveen, Netherlands |
| Education | University of Amsterdam (PhD) University of Groningen (MA) |
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| Fields | Linguistics |
| Institutions | University of Leiden (2005–present) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (1981–2005) University of Amsterdam (1971–1981) |
| Thesis | Dutch Morphology: A Study of Word Formation in Generative Grammar (1977) |
| Website | geertbooij |
Career
Booij previously taught at the Vrije Universiteit and University of Amsterdam, and he has been a member of the National Research Council for Humanities since 1997. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Leiden between 2005 and 2007. He is a winner of Humboldt Research Award[6][7] and an Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of America.[8][9]
Books
- The Phonology of Dutch (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford University Press, 1995.
- The Morphology of Dutch, Oxford University Press. First edition 2002; second edition 2019.
- The Grammar of Words: An Introduction to Linguistic Morphology (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics), Oxford University Press. First edition 2005; second edition 2007; third edition 2012.
- Construction Morphology (Oxford Linguistics), Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Yearbook of Morphology (ed.)
