Clemens Voorhoeve

Clemens Lambertus Voorhoeve (born 1930[1]; also known as "Bert" Voorhoeve) is a Dutch linguist who specializes in Papuan languages.[2]

Clemens Voorhoeve
Born
Clemens Lambertus Voorhoeve

1930
NationalityDutch
OccupationLinguist
Academic background
Alma materLeiden University
Academic work
Main interestsPapuan linguistics

Education

He completed his higher education in the Netherlands. He obtained his PhD in linguistics at Leiden University. Prior to obtaining his doctorate, he conducted fieldwork in among the Asmat people of Papua.[1][2]

Career

In 1965, he was employed as a researcher at the Australian National University.[1][2]

He conducted extensive linguistic research in eastern and southern Papua New Guinea, as well as in Western New Guinea. He has also contributed significantly to the classifications of Papuan languages.[2]

Voorhoeve retired in 1988.[3]

gollark: Why does Moonscript have syntactic sugar for that?
gollark: Ah.
gollark: Yep.
gollark: Compile it or whatever?
gollark: Can you convert that definition to native Lu'a?

References
  1. "76336553". viaf.org. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  2. "Biographical notes" (PDF).
  3. "Voorhoeve, Clemens Lambertus - Archives". archivescollection.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
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