Senior Researcher
Pariser Straße 1
10719 Berlin
Room: 1.04
Phone: +49 30 20192 567
veenstra@leibniz-zas.de
ORCID
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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Aktuell 07.12.2022
Staff talk 18.06.2024
Aru, Carol, Jocelyn Aznar, Manfred Krifka, Miriam Meyerhoff & Tonjes Veenstra
Staff talk invited 20.03.2024
Veenstra, Tonjes
Staff talk 10.07.2023
Aru, Carol, Jocelyn Aznar, Manfred Krifka, Miriam Meyerhoff & Tonjes Veenstra
Staff talk 14.12.2022
Aru, Carol, Manfred Krifka, Miriam Meyerhoff & Tonjes Veenstra
Staff talk invited 28.11.2022
Aru, Carol, Manfred Krifka, Miriam Meyerhoff & Tonjes Veenstra
Publication 25.03.2024
Leibniz Research Network Biodiversity. Thonicke, Kirsten, Aletta Bonn, ...
Publication 18.03.2024
Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerk Biodiversität. Thonicke, Kirsten, Aletta ...
Publication 22.12.2023
Veenstra, Tonjes, Dennis Moore & Hein van der Voort
Publication 08.12.2023
Lima, Suzi, Uli Sauerland & Tonjes Veenstra
Publication 25.03.2022
Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerk Biodiversität. Thonicke, Kirsten, Thomas ...