Pieter Muysken #

Obituary, Neerlandistiek (in English)
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Obituary, Neerlandistiek (in Portuguese)
Obituary, Neerlandistiek (in Dutch)

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Curriculum vitae#

Full CV

University Education

• Ph.D. 1977 University of Amsterdam: Faculty of Arts (cum laude). Thesis: Syntactic Developments in the Verb Phrase of Ecuadorian Quechua. Supervisor: S.C. Dik
• M.A. 1974 University of Amsterdam: Faculty of Arts (cum laude). Thesis: Some syntactic aspects of creolization. Minors Quechua and Papiamentu.
• B.A. 1972 Yale College (magna cum laude). Major: Latin American Studies and Spanish Teaching and Research Positions
• 2002 Visiting Professor, Summer School in Applied Linguistics, State College, PA
• 2002 Visiting Professor, DGFS/LSA Summer School Düsseldorf
• 2001- Professor of General Linguistics, Radboud University Nijmegen
• 1998-2001 Professor of Linguistics, in particular Ibero-American Linguistics, Leiden University
• 1998 Visiting Professor, Summer School in Gerona
• 1989-92 Adjunct Professor of Caribbean studies, Faculty of Arts, Leiden University
• 1989 Visiting Professor, Summer School, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft, Hamburg
• 1989 Visiting Professor, Summer School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
• 1989-98 Professor of General linguistics, in particular sociolinguistics and creole studies, University of Amsterdam
• 1985 Visiting Associate Professor, University of Salzburg Summer School
• 1982 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• 1981 Visiting Associate Professor, San Marcos University Lima
• 1981 Chercheur invité, Département de Linguistique, Université de Montréal
• 1976-87 Lecturer, Institute for General Linguistics, University of Amsterdam
• 1973/4 Teaching assistant, Institute for General Linguistics, University of Amsterdam

Grants and Fellowships

• 2006 DOBeS (Vokswagen Stiftung) Grant for Katharina Haude
• 2006 DOBeS (Volkswagen Stiftung) Grant for Rik van Gijn
• 2006 NWO Programme Grant for Breaking the Time Barrier
• 2005 NWO Programme Grant for Roots of Ethnolects
• 2005 NWO/VIDI Grant for Hein van der Voort
• 2005 NWO/VIDI Grant for Angela Terrill
• 2005 NWO Grant for Surinam Creole Archive (SUCA)
• 2003 NWO Grant for Dutch Bilingual Database (DBD)
• 2003 KNAW Grant for organizing workshop on cross-linguistic semantics
• 2002 KNAW fellowship for Veerle Van Geenhoven
• 2002 NWO Grant for Sign Prosody Project (with Carlos Gussenhoven)
• 2002 NWO Grant for international collaboration with Oregon and Belem
• 1997 comprehensive NWO grant Lombok project (with Guus Extra)
• 1997 University dissertation grant for Wouter Kusters
• 1996 various grants for closing workshop, NIAS Theme Group on Bilingualism
• 1996 WOTRO/DGIS dissertation grant for Rocky Meade (with Anne Baker)
• 1996 WOTRO dissertation grant for Cheraldine Osepa
• 1996 NWO visiting grant for Francois Grosjean
• 1995 VNC Fellowship, NIAS
• 1995 Language learning scholar in residence, School of Education, Harvard University
• 1995 University dissertation grant for Hadewych van Rheeden
• 1995 Various grants for workshop on language contact, University of Amsterdam
• 1995 NWO post-doctoral grant for A. Bruyn
• 1994 NWO visiting grant for Rajendra Singh
• 1994 NWO post-doctoral grant for J. Arends
• 1993 KNAW fellowship for P. Bakker
• 1993 various grants for Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics meeting, Amsterdam
• 1992 WOTRO research grant for S. Kouwenberg
• 1992 University dissertation grant for L. Adamson
• 1992 NWO visitor grant for R. Singh
• 1991 University dissertation grant for T. Veenstra
• 1991 University dissertation grant for A. Bruyn
• 1991 University dissertation grant for M. Post
• 1990 IFOTT dissertation grant for V. de Rooij
• 1991 NWO research grant for C. van Rossem and H. van der Voort
• 1991 KNAW fellowship for J. Arends
• 1988 Various grants for workshop on Linguistica Andina (with Willem Adelaar), Americanist conference, Amsterdam
• 1988 NWO dissertation grant for P. Bakker
• 1988 WOTRO dissertation grant for S. van de Kerke
• 1987 University dissertation grant for J. Veld
• 1987 WOTRO dissertation grant for S. Kouwenberg (with N. Smith)
• 1987 Various grants for Amsterdam Creole Workshop
• 1986 University dissertation grant for J. Rutten
• 1986 University dissertation grant for J. Treffers
• 1986 WOTRO summer fieldwork grant (Peru)
• 1986 Various grants for workshop on configurationality, Aux, and lexical structure (with L.K. Maracz)
• 1986 NWO visitor grant for D. Bickerton
• 1985 NWO dissertation grant for J. Nortier
• 1985 University research grant for J. Treffers
• 1985 NWO dissertation grant for F. Hinskens (with T. Hagen)
• 1984 University research grant for M. Middeldorp
• 1984 NWO visitor grant for M. Alleyne
• 1983 NWO grant for workshop on syntactic features (with H. v. Riemsdijk
• 1981 WOTRO summer fieldwork grant (Peru)
• 1980 NWO dissertation grant for D. Brouwer/R. Schenk
• 1980 Various grants for Colloquium on Creole Syntax
• 1980 University research grant Quechua-Spanish language contact
• 1978 University research grant second language acquisition
• 1977- University travel grants
• 1975 WOTRO travel grant, Creole Conference Hawaii

Prizes and awards

• 1998 Spinoza Award (the most prestigious award in science in the Netherlands and regarded as the Dutch Nobel Prize)
• 1990 Prix des Embassadeurs (conjointly with Jeanine Treffers-Daller
• 1985 Prince Bernhard Prize in the Humanities (conjointly with W. Zonneveld)

Courses Taught

Introduction to Linguistics, Pidgins and Creoles, Quechua Syntax and Morphology, Bilingualism and Language Contact, Syntactic Theory, Sociolinguistics, Generative Morphology, Introduction to Phonology, Language development, Spanish in the Americas, Historical Linguistics

Member

Learned Societies: Netherlands Royal Academy of Sciences, Max-Planck Gesellschaft, Hollandic Society for the Sciences
Professional associations: Algemene Vereniging voor Taalwetenschap, Association Néerlandaise de Linguistique Appliquée (ANELA), Linguistic Society of America, Society for Caribbean Linguistics, Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, Asociación Latinoamericana de Filología Lingüística (ALFAL), Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA)

Editorial board

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, Applied Psycholinguistics (89-96), Tijdschrift voor Taal- en Tekstwetenschap (-94), Revue Québecoise de Linguistique, Linguistics, Amsterdam University Press Humanities Council, International Journal of Bilingualism, Lingua, Journal of multilingualism

Series editor

1986-1999 Creole Language Library (Benjamins, with John Singler)

Journal Editor

1997-2005 Bilingualism. Language and Cognition (Cambridge UP), with David Green, Ping Li, Jürgen Meisel (chief editor)

Reviewer

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Linguistic Inquiry, Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, Linguistische Berichte, GLOT, Language, Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, Gramma/TTT, PROBUS, Canadian Modern Language Review, IJAL, Canadian Linguistics Journal

Advisory

• Grant proposals National Science Foundation; National Endowment for the Humanities; Conseil de Recherche en Arts et Sciences Humaines (Ottawa); Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinschaft; NWO; WOTRO; KNAW; NIAS; Arts and Humanities Research Board; Volkswagen Stiftung
• KNAW Assessment Committee Fryske Akademy
• KNAW Committee Future Meertens Institute; Restructuring Committee Meertens Institute
• University of the West Indies Assessment Committee Linguistics Departments Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad

Lectured at

UIA (Antwerp), Banco Central (Quito, Ecuador), U. Barcelona, FU Berlin, U. Bonn, VUBrussel, U.de Cuzco (Peru), U. Duisburg, U. Düsseldorf, U. Girona, UMass-Amherst, U.de San Marcos (Lima, Peru), McGill, MIT, OISE (Toronto), U. Salzburg, SUNY-Buffalo, UCLA, UQAM (Montreal), UWI (Kingston, Jam.), U. Wien, UNA (Willemstad), U. Hamburg, Ibero-Amer. Inst. Berlin, U. Liverpool, Norwegian Institute Rome, UC London, New York U, Harvard U., U of Pennsylvania, U. Tilburg, U. Nijmegen, U. Groningen, Free U. Amsterdam, U. Maastricht, U. Utrecht, U. Leiden, U. Mannheim, U. Leipzig, MPI Nijmegen, MPI Leipzig, U. Stockholm, U. München, U. Mainz, FAS Berlin, U Leipzig, U. Bamberg, U. Greifswald, U. of Wales Bangor, Asturian Language Academy Oviedo, U. Modena, U San Simon Cochabamba, UN San Andres La Paz

Administrative activities

• 2005- Director of Research, Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen
• 2001-2005 Chair, Linguistics Department, Radboud University Nijmegen
• 2001-2006 Chair, Board National Research School for Linguistics (LOT)
• 2001- Various boards and committees, Nijmegen University
• 1999-2002 Board, Section of Arts, Royal Academy
• 1999-2001 Board, LOT
• 1999-2001 Board, CNWS
• 1999-2002 Board, WOTRO
• 1999-2001 Board, HIL
• 1999-00 Selection committee, Chair Linguistics Department, Radboud University Nijmegen
• 1996- Steering Committee, NWO Multicultural and Pluriform Society
• 1992-00 Steering Committee, NWO Irian Jaya Project
• 1998-2001 Various committees and boards, Leiden University
• 1977/98 Various committees and boards, University of Amsterdam
• 1994-99 Advisory Board, Amsterdam University Press
• 1994-00 Board, IFOTT
• 1988/94 Board, NWO Linguistics Foundation
• 1996-2002 Board, Council for the Humanities, Royal Academy
• 1989/92 Coordinating Committee, ESF Network on Code-Switching and Language Contact