Nikolaus P. Himmelmann (born 2 August 1959) is a German linguist. His interests include linguistic typology, grammar, prosody, and linguistic documentation.[1]
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 |
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]
References
edit- ^ "Prof. Dr. Nikolaus P. Himmelmann". Philosophische Fakultät. Archived from the original on 2020-05-02.
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Nikolaus P. Himmelmann". Global South Studies Center. Archived from the original on 2020-05-02.
- ^ K. Alexander Adelaar, Nikolaus Himmelmann, ed. (2005). The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar. Abingdon/New York: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203821121. ISBN 978-0-7007-1286-1.
- ^ "Academia Europaea: Nikolaus Himmelmann". Retrieved 8 November 2023.
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