Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft Leibniz-Gemeinschaft

Dr. Tonjes Veenstra

Senior Researcher
Pariser Straße 1
10719 Berlin
Room: 1.04
Phone: +49 30 20192 567
veenstra@leibniz-zas.de
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Dr. Tonjes Veenstra is a senior researcher in the DFG Project Speakers' choices in three Saamaka communities (A08) within the framework of the CRC 1412 Register: Language-Users’ Knowledge of Situational-Functional Variation / Research Area 3 'Syntax & Lexicon'.

He is a founding member of the European Network on creole languages (SEEPiCLA) and president of the International Association for Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics (IACPL).

Veenstra's research, which is based on extensive field research in Creole societies, focuses on linguistic theory, in particular the syntax-morphology interface and sociolinguistic modelling of language variation, language contact and language change. His current research is dedicated to the preservation of biocultural diversity in postcolonial societies.

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