Geert Booij

{{Short description|Dutch linguist}}

{{Infobox scientist

|name = Geert Booij

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|caption = Booij in 2017

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|birth_date = 1947

|birth_place = Hoogeveen, Netherlands

|field = Linguistics

|work_institutions = University of Leiden {{small|(2005–present)}}
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam {{small|(1981–2005)}}
University of Amsterdam {{small|(1971–1981)}}

|education = University of Amsterdam {{small|(PhD)}}

University of Groningen {{small|(MA)}}

|thesis_title = Dutch Morphology: A Study of Word Formation in Generative Grammar

|thesis_url = https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/1102690

|thesis_year = 1977

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|known_for = {{collapsible list| title = {{nbsp}} | {{Plainlist|

• Construction grammar
• Construction Morphology
• Cognitive linguistics
• Dutch phonology

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|prizes = {{collapsible list| title = {{nbsp}} | {{Plainlist|

• Humboldt Research Award (2011) }} }}

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|website = {{URL|https://geertbooij.com/}}

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Geert Evert Booij ({{IPA|nl|ɣeːrd ˈboːi}};{{efn|In isolation, Geert is pronounced {{IPA|nl|ɣeːrt|}}.}} born 1947) is a Dutch linguist, and emeritus professor of linguistics at the University of Leiden. He is credited as the creator of construction morphology.{{cite journal|last1=Bosch|first1=Anna R. K.|title=Review of The Syllable: Views and Facts|journal=Journal of Linguistics|date=2002|volume=38|issue=1|pages=168–172|jstor=4176722}}{{cite web|title=1 Prominence in morphology: The notion of head|url=http://munin.uit.no/bitstream/handle/10037/9050/article.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y|accessdate=1 July 2017}}{{cite journal|last1=Hüning|first1=Matthias|last2=Booij|first2=Geert|title=From compounding to derivation The emergence of derivational affixes through "constructionalization"|journal=Folia Linguistica|date=1 October 2014|volume=48|issue=2|doi=10.1515/flin.2014.019|url=https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/flin.2014.48.issue-2/flin.2014.019/flin.2014.019.xml|accessdate=29 June 2017|language=en|issn=1614-7308|hdl=1887/29966|s2cid=147192147|hdl-access=free|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|title=Review of: The morphology of Dutch, by Geert Booij|url=https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/40664|website=SIL International|accessdate=29 June 2017|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Geert Booij|url=http://www.taalcanon.nl/auteurs/geert-booij/|website=Taalcanon|accessdate=29 June 2017|language=nl-NL}}