Ad Neeleman
Adriaan Dirk Neeleman (born 7 November 1964, Rotterdam) is a Dutch linguist based in the UK. He has been a Professor of Linguistics at University College London since 1997.[1] Neelman's focus is theoretical syntax.[2]
Education
[edit]Neeleman received his undergraduate degree from Konigin Wilhelmina College in 1984, before going on to pursue his Master's at the University of Utrecht. Neeleman completed his PhD at the University of Utrecht in 1994,[1] where he earned a Study Prize from the Foundation Praemium Erasmianum.[2] In 1997, Neeleman began to work at University College London.
Research
[edit]His research focuses on syntax, particularly on the interfaces between syntax and semantics and phonology.[1][2] His work is part of the tradition of generative grammar.[citation needed]
Neeleman is co-author of the monographs Flexible Syntax: A Theory of Case and Arguments (1998; with Fred Weerman) and Beyond Morphology (2004; with Peter Ackema). He also wrote the textbook Features of Person with Peter Ackema, published by MIT Press.[3]
Neeleman has long argued against an Antisymmetry and Linear Correspondence Axiom centred account of syntactic linearisation. Instead, along with Klaus Abels, he has argued for an account that views asymmetries in the syntax as arising in the interface with the phonological form,[4] and thus, orders that are not attested are such due to causing parsing difficulties.[5]
Neeleman was president of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Professor Ad Neeleman". University College London. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ad Neeleman - The International Linguistic Society". Retrieved 2026-08-06.
- ↑ "Features of Person by Peter Ackema, Ad Neeleman: 9780262535618 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
- ↑ Abels, Klaus; Neeleman, Ad (March 2012). "Linear Asymmetries and the LCA". Syntax. 15 (1): 25–74. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9612.2011.00163.x. ISSN 1368-0005.
- ↑ Ackema, Peter; Neeleman, Ad (2002), "Effects of Short-Term Storage in Processing Rightward Movement", in Nooteboom, Sieb; Weerman, Fred; Wijnen, Frank (eds.), Storage and Computation in the Language Faculty, Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 219–256, doi:10.1007/978-94-010-0355-1_8, ISBN 978-94-010-0355-1, retrieved 2024-02-26
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