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Geert Booij
Booij in 2017
Born1947
EducationUniversity of Amsterdam (PhD) University of Groningen (MA)
Known for
 
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics
InstitutionsUniversity of Leiden (2005–present)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (1981–2005)
University of Amsterdam (1971–1981)
ThesisDutch Morphology: A Study of Word Formation in Generative Grammar (1977)
Websitegeertbooij.com

Geert Booij (born 1947 in Hoogeveen) 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]

Career

Booij has previously taught at the Vrije Universiteit and University of Amsterdam and 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 betwen 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, 2002
  • Construction Morphology (Oxford Linguistics), Oxford University Press, 2010
  • The Grammar of Words: An Introduction to Linguistic Morphology (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics), Oxford University Press, 2012
  • Yearbook of Morphology (ed.)

References

  1. ^ Bosch, Anna R. K. (2002). "Review of The Syllable: Views and Facts". Journal of Linguistics. 38 (1): 168–172. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ^ "1 PROMINENCE IN MORPHOLOGY: THE NOTION OF HEAD" (PDF). Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. ^ Hüning, Matthias; Booij, Geert (1 October 2014). "From compounding to derivation The emergence of derivational affixes through "constructionalization"". Folia Linguistica. 48 (2). doi:10.1515/flin.2014.019. ISSN 1614-7308. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Review of: The morphology of Dutch, by Geert Booij". SIL International. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Geert Booij". Taalcanon (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Two Minutes with Jaklin Kornfilt NEWS of the College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University". Syracuse University. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Geert Booij". ORCID. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Geert Booij chosen as Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of America". Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Maatschappelijke relevantie Fryske Akademy 'excellent'". Nationale Onderwijsgids. Retrieved 29 June 2017.