Tom Bossuyt

tom.bossuyt@ugent.be

Department

Department of Linguistics

Research group(s)

GLIMS - Ghent University Research Group on Linguistic Meaning & Structure

Research Focus

Linguistics

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About

Tom Bossuyt is a PhD student at the Department of Linguistics at Ghent University. He studied German and English linguistics and literature at Ghent University (2013–2017) and general linguistics at the University of Freiburg (2017–2020). Since November 2020, he is working on an FWO research project under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Torsten Leuschner. Tom investigates adverbial clauses known as concessive conditionals from a broad typological perspective.

Projects

Projects as PhD researcher

Concessive conditionals. A typological study (2020 - 2024)

Publications

Most recent publications

Bossuyt, Tom. “Concessive Conditionals beyond Europe : A Typological Study.” STUDIES IN LANGUAGE, vol. 47, no. 1, 2023, pp. 1–31, doi:10.1075/sl.20068.bos.
Enghels, Renata, et al., editors. “Grammaticalization across Languages, Levels and Frameworks.” LANGUAGES, vol. 8, 2023.
Vander Haegen, Flor, et al. “Emerging into Your Family of Constructions : German [IRR Was] ‘No Matter What.’” CONSTRUCTIONS AND FRAMES, vol. 14, no. 1, 2022, pp. 150–80, doi:10.1075/cf.00058.hae.
Bossuyt, Tom. “Explanation in Typology : Diachronic Sources, Functional Motivations and the Nature of the Evidence.” ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT, vol. 39, no. 2, 2020, pp. 231–34, doi:10.1515/zfs-2020-2013.
Bossuyt, Tom. “Linguistic Typology.” STUDIES IN LANGUAGE, vol. 44, no. 3, 2020, pp. 722–28, doi:10.1075/sl.20014.bos.

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Teaching

assistant:

Topics of the Advanced Study of German Linguistics: Variation Linguistics (A001827)

German Linguistics I (A001628) (tutorium)