Dr. M.A.F. (Marian) Klamer

Position:
  • Lecturer
Expertise:
  • Austronesian & Papuan linguistics
  • Typology


Telephone number: +31 (0)71 527 2783
E-Mail: m.a.f.klamer@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department: Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SAS Indonesie
Office Address: Witte Singel-complex
P.N. van Eyckhof 3
2311 BV Leiden
Room number 301B


Fields of interest

  • Documentation and description of minority languages (Papuan or Austronesian) as well as Malay varieties spoken in Eastern Indonesia 
  • Language contact and change, especially in morpho-syntax and lexicon

Current Research Projects

Recent Books

  • A Short Grammar of Alorese (Austronesian). Munich: LINCOM. 2011.

  • Kosa kata Bahasa Teiwa-Indonesia-Inggris (Teiwa-Indonesian-English glossary). Kupang: Language and Culture Unit UBB. 2011.

  • A Grammar of Teiwa. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 2010.

  • East Nusantara: typological and areal analyses. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 2010. With co-editor: Michael Ewing.

Recent Articles

See Tab 'Published work'. Feel free to email me for copies of papers.

CV

Marian Klamer (1965); married, three children (born 1997, 2001, 2003)

  • 2009 – present: PI of research project Alor-Pantar languages: Origins and theoretical impact (European Science Foundation, 08-EuroBABEL-OP-025). Leiden U & U of Surrey, UK & U of Fairbanks, US.
  • 2007 - Present: Lecturer, Leiden University
  • 2002- 2007: PI of research project Linguistic Variation in Eastern Indonesia: The Alor and Pantar Project (VIDI project, Innovative Research Grant, NWO).
  • 1999 -2002: Research Fellow & Research Coordinator; Spinoza research program Lexicon and syntax, headed by Prof. Pieter C. Muysken, Leiden University.  
  • 1996 - 2000: Research Fellow, Royal Netherlands Academy of Science (KNAW), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
  • 1994 - 1995: Instructor of General and Applied Linguistics, Faculty for Teacher's Training, Department of Dutch, Windesheim, Zwolle.
  • 1990-1994: PhD (Cum Laude): Kambera: a language of Eastern Indonesia. Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (NWO/WOTRO grant). Dissertation nominated for the 1995 AVT-Dissertation Prize.
  • 1990 MA General Linguistics (Cum Laude), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.  
  • 1986 - 1987: Research assistant in (i) the Goeman-Taaldeman project (Research of Dutch dialects) and (ii) research project Dutch in America. Meertensinstituut (KNAW), Amsterdam.
  • 1986 - 1987: Teacher of Dutch for Foreigners. Department of Dutch, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.
  • 1985: Propedeuse Linguistics and Literature, Tilburg University.

Last Modified: 05-12-2011