Gerard P. Reesink (more commonly known as Ger Reesink) is a Dutch linguist who specializes in Papuan languages.

Education

He studied psychology at

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

. He obtained his PhD in linguistics at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

, where he completed his dissertation ''Structures and their functions in

Usan 280px, "Samguk Sagi" Book 04. Silla's Records. In 512, Usan-guk（于山國）was Ulleungdo（鬱陵島） Usan-guk, or the State of Usan, occupied Ulleung-do and the adjacent islands during the Korean Three Kingdoms period. According to th ...

, a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea''.

Research

In the 1990s, he researched the languages of the

Bird's Head Peninsula The Bird's Head Peninsula ( Indonesian: ''Kepala Burung'', nl, Vogelkop) or Doberai Peninsula (''Semenanjung Doberai''), is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indonesian provinces ...

as part of ''The Irian Jaya Studies: Program for Interdisciplinary Research'' (ISIR), which resulted in publications such as ''A grammar of Hatam'' (1999) and ''Languages of the eastern Bird's Head'' (2002). He also dealt with Papuan-Austronesian language contact in eastern Indonesia.

Publications

* '' West Papuan languages'' (2006) * ''East Nusantara as a linguistic area (2008)'' * ''Genetic and linguistic coevolution in northern Island Melanesia'' (2008) ;

Pacific Linguistics Pacific Linguistics was established in 1963 as a non-profit publisher at the Australian National University, Canberra, publishing linguistic books (such as grammars and dictionaries) on the languages of Oceania, the Pacific, Australia, Indone ...

publications *Reesink, G.P. " Languages of the Aramia River Area". In Reesink, G.P., Fleischmann, L., Turpeinen, S. and Lincoln, P.C. editors, ''Papers in New Guinea Linguistics'' No. 19. A-45:1-38. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1976. *Reesink, G.P. ''A Grammar of Hatam, Irian Jaya, Indonesia''. C-146, xvi + 230 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1999. *Reesink, G. editor. ''Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head''. PL-524, ix + 340 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 2002. **Reesink, G.P. "The eastern Bird's Head languages compared". In Reesink, G. editor, ''Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head''. PL-524:1-44. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 2002. **Reesink, G.P. "A grammar sketch of Sougb". In Reesink, G. editor, ''Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head''. PL-524:181-276. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 2002. **Reesink, G.P. " Mansim, a lost language of the Bird's Head". In Reesink, G. editor, ''Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head''. PL-524:277-340. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 2002. *Reesink, G. "West Papuan languages: roots and development". In Pawley, A., Attenborough, R., Golson, J. and Hide, R. editors, ''Papuan Pasts: Cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples''. PL-572:185-218. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 2005. *Reesink, G. "A connection between Bird's Head and (Proto) Oceanic". In Evans, B. editor, ''Discovering history through language: papers in honour of Malcolm Ross''. PL-605:181-192. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 2009. *Reesink, G. "Prefixation of arguments in West Papuan languages". In Ewing, M. and Klamer, M. editors, ''East Nusantara: Typological and areal analyses''. PL-618:71-96. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reesink, Ger Living people Linguists of Papuan languages Linguists of West Papuan languages Linguists from the Netherlands Year of birth missing (living people) University of Amsterdam alumni