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prof. dr. Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
Prof. Dr. Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
gillesmaurice.deschryver@ugent.be
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Vakgroep
Vakgroep Talen en Culturen
Onderzoeksgroep(en)
Afrikaans - Ghent Centre for Afrikaans and the Study of South Africa
BantUGent - UGent Centre for Bantu Studies
Andere instituten
Department of African Languages - University of Pretoria
Onderzoeksgebied
Language technology
Linguistics
Tijdsperiode
17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century
Contemporary
Land/Regio
Africa
Taal
African languages
Onderzoeksmethode
Comparative
Field research
Geographic and map based
Language and text analysis
Quantitative
Surveys
Trefwoorden
Bantu
Cilubà
Corpus linguistics
Kikongo
Kirundi
Lexicography
Luganda
Lusoga
Northern Sotho
Swahili
Xhosa
Zulu
Tabgroup
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Dr Gilles-Maurice de Schryver is a research professor of African linguistics in the department of languages and cultures at
Ghent University
. He is also an extraordinary professor in the department of African languages at the
University of Pretoria
, a job title he formerly held at the
University of the Western Cape
(2006-2012).
He holds an MSc in microelectronic engineering (1995), as well as an MA (1999) and PhD (2005) in African languages and cultures. In 2002 he co-founded
TshwaneDJe HLT
, and in 2006 he was a founding member of
African Language Technology
.
He is the
author or co-author
of about 350 books, book chapters, journal articles and conference papers.
He is a past President of
Euralex
(2018-2021), and a two-term past President of
Afrilex
(2009-2013). Earlier, he also served in other capacities on the executive boards of Afrilex (2001-2009), Euralex (2006-2014),
Asialex
(2007-2013) and
Australex
(2008-2013). Most recently, he has been co-facilitating the creation of
Americalex
(2021), and currently sits on the board of
Globalex
(2022).
Projecten
Projecten als promotor
Specialized digital frame-based lexicography from the perspective of dictionary use research
(
2019
-
2022
)
Duplication processes in Lusoga morphosyntax
(
2018
-
2022
)
Theoretical underpinnings for a user-friendly, corpus-driven, semi-bilingual, digital dictionary of Swahili
(
2018
-
2020
)
Projecten als co-promotor
The past and present of Bantu languages. Integrating micro-typology, historical-comparative linguistics and lexicography
(
2021
-
2023
)
Bantu verbal derivation and tense/aspect from a historical-comparative perspective. The Kikongo language cluster and beyond
(
2014
-
2018
)
A historical-comparative approach to phonological and morphological variation in the Kikongo Language Cluster with a special focus on Cabinda
(
2014
-
2022
)
A corpus-driven study of the expression of modality in Luganda (Bantu, JE15)
(
2013
-
2017
)
The interface between information structure, syntax and prosody in Kikongo. An integrated descriptive, comparative and diachronic approach
(
2012
-
2017
)
A corpus-based grammar of Lusoga
(
2010
-
2016
)
The expression of modality in Kirundi. A corpus-based approach
(
2009
-
2014
)
Projecten als onderzoeker
BantuFirst
(
2018
-
2023
)
Reconstructing proto-Bantu grammar
(
2018
-
2018
)
KongoKing
(
2012
-
2016
)
Publicaties
Belangrijkste publicaties
Lexicographers' dreams in the electronic-dictionary age
(2003
)
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
Trends in twenty-five years of academic lexicography
(2012
)
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
The concept of simultaneous feedback
(2013
)
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
Why opting for a dedicated, professional, off-the-shelf dictionary writing system matters
(2011
)
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
Oxford bilingual school dictionary: Zulu and English
(2010
)
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
Revolutionizing bantu lexicography: a Zulu case study
(2010
)
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
The Zulu locative prefix ku- revisited: a corpus-based approach
(2002
)
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
R Gauton
Locative trigrams in Northern Sotho, preceded by analyses of formative bigrams
(2006
)
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
E TALJARD
Do dictionaries define on the level of their target users? A case study for three Dutch dictionaries
(2011
)
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
DJ Prinsloo
Concurrent over- and under-treatment in dictionaries - The 'Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal' as a case in point
(2005
)
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
Do dictionary users really look up frequent words? On the overestimation of the value of corpus-based lexicography
(2006
)
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
D Joffe
P Joffe
S Hillewaert
Meest recente publicaties
Bostoen, Koen, et al., editors.
On Reconstructing Proto-Bantu Grammar
. Vol. 4, Language Science Press, 2022, doi:10.5281/zenodo.7560553.
Marlo, Michael R., et al. “Reduplication in Lusoga.”
AFRICANA LINGUISTICA
, vol. 28, 2022, pp. 147–97, doi:10.2143/AL.28.0.3291210.
Nabirye, Minah, and Gilles-Maurice de Schryver, editors.
Enkaana : Fieldwork Texts Compiled by David William Cohen on the History of the Basoga People
. Vol. 2, Menha Publishers, 2022.
Dom, Sebasian, et al. “Kisikongo (Bantu, H16a) Present-Future Isomorphism.”
Development of Tense and Aspect Systems
, edited by Jadranka Gvozdanović, vol. 123, John Benjamins, 2022, pp. 105–41.
de Schryver, Gilles-Maurice, and Minah Nabirye. “Towards a Monitor Corpus for a Bantu Language. A Case Study of Neology Detection in Lusoga.”
Dictionaries and Society. Proceedings of the XX EURALEX International Congress, 12-16 July 2022, Mannheim, Germany
, edited by Annette Klosa-Kückelhaus et al., IDS-Verlag, 2022, pp. 833–49.
Volledige bibliografie
Onderwijs
Taaldocumentatie en taalbeschrijving in Afrika
Bantu Corpus Linguistics and Lexicography
Master's Dissertation
Bachelorproef
Onderzoekstaak
Masterproef
Dienstverlening
Secretary: Examination Board for African Languages and Cultures (BA)
Secretary: Examination Board for African Studies (MA)
First point of contact: Research project applications for Languages & Cultures (PhD, Post-doc)
Member: Library Commission of the Faculty of Arts
Member: Scientific Research Committee of the Faculty of Arts
Member: Scientific Committee for the Humanities and Social and Economic Sciences ('alpha' working group) of the Research Council of Ghent University
