Nikolaus P. Himmelmann | |
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Born | 2 August 1959 |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Linguist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Academic work | |
Main interests | Austronesian linguistics |
Nikolaus P. Himmelmann (born 2 August 1959) is a German linguist. His interests include linguistic typology, grammar, prosody, and linguistic documentation. [1]
He obtained his doctorate at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1986 and habilitation at the University of Cologne in 1995. From 1996 to 1998, he was a research fellow at the Australian National University. Afterwards, he was a professor at Ruhr University in Bochum (1999–2007) and at Westphalian Wilhelms-University in Münster (2007–2010). In 2010, he was appointed Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Cologne. [2]
He is the co-editor of the book The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar (2005). [3]
He was elected as a member of the Academia Europaea in 2018. [4]
Nikolaus P. Himmelmann | |
---|---|
Born | 2 August 1959 |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Linguist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Academic work | |
Main interests | Austronesian linguistics |
Nikolaus P. Himmelmann (born 2 August 1959) is a German linguist. His interests include linguistic typology, grammar, prosody, and linguistic documentation. [1]
He obtained his doctorate at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1986 and habilitation at the University of Cologne in 1995. From 1996 to 1998, he was a research fellow at the Australian National University. Afterwards, he was a professor at Ruhr University in Bochum (1999–2007) and at Westphalian Wilhelms-University in Münster (2007–2010). In 2010, he was appointed Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Cologne. [2]
He is the co-editor of the book The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar (2005). [3]
He was elected as a member of the Academia Europaea in 2018. [4]