Marian Klamer

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Marian Klamer
Born
Margaretha Anna Flora Klamer

1965
Pirimapun, Papua, Indonesia
OccupationLinguist

Marian Klamer (born in 1965 in Pirimapun, Papua province, Indonesia[1]) is a linguist who specializes in Austronesian and Papuan languages.[2] Her interests include the documentation of minority languages, Malay language varieties, linguistic typology, historical linguistics, and language contact.

Early life and education[edit]

Klamer was born in Pirimapun village in what is now Safan District, Asmat Regency, Papua province, Indonesia,[3] and spent her childhood there.[3] In 1990, she completed a Master's degree in General Linguistics at VU Amsterdam.[4] She obtained her doctorate in 1994 on the basis of Kambera: a language of Eastern Indonesia.[5]

Career and publications[edit]

Klamer conducts extensive linguistic research in eastern Indonesia.[3] As of 2014, she is a professor at Leiden University.[4] She is the author of 50 articles and a number of scientific publications, including grammatical descriptions of the Kambera, Teiwa, and Alor languages.[6]

In 2019 Klamer was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "76475945". viaf.org. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  2. ^ "Dr Marian Klamer - Language as a Time Machine". www.scientia.global. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  3. ^ a b c "Klamer, Marian | NIAS". nias.knaw.nl. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  4. ^ a b "CV - Marian Klamer Personal". www.marianklamer.org. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  5. ^ "Leidse hoogleraren - Klamer, Margaretha Anna Flora" (in Dutch). hoogleraren.universiteit.nl. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  6. ^ "The Alor-Pantar languages: History and typology. Second edition". langsci-press.org. Archived from the original on 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  7. ^ "Marian Klamer". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020.

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