Prof. Dr. Hedde Zeijlstra

Professor of Syntax and Theory of Grammar

Teaching at the University of Göttingen since 2013.

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University of Amsterdam (2000-2004)
PhD program in linguistics at Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) / Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)
University of Amsterdam (2001-2002)
Minor ‘Philosophy of linguistics’ at the department of philosophy
Holland Institute of generative Linguistics (HIL) (1999-2000)
Advanced master’s program in linguistics (MPhil)
Utrecht University (1997-1999)
Dutch language and literature (BA+MA) at the department of Dutch language & literature

University of Amsterdam (2006-2013)
Assistant Professor at the Department of Dutch Linguistics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2009)
Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Teaching included one co-taught syntax course for 2nd and 3rd year graduate students and general advising in the graduate program.
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (2004-2006)
Postdoc position ‘Typology and Logical Form of Sentential Negation’ at the Collaborative Research Centre (Sonderforschungsbereich) 441 ‘Linguistic datastructures’.
University of Amsterdam (2002-2004)
PhD position at the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) and the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC).
Utrecht University (1999)
Teaching-assistant at the department of General Linguistics.

Excerpt from the list of publications. You can find the complete list on Prof. Zeijlstra's personal website.

2023 - H. Zeijlstra. De betekenis van woorden [The meaning of words]. Popular scientific book on linguistics. Amsterdam: Wereldbibliotheek
2023 - J. Goncharov & H. Zeijlstra (eds.). Agency and Intentions in Language. Current Research in the Semantic-Pragmatics Interface (CRiSPI). Leiden: Brill
2022 - H. Zeijlstra. Negation and Negative Dependencies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2022 - H. Zeijlstra, P. Poelmans et al. Handboek Taalkunde [Handbook linguistics]. Textbook on linguistics for future language teachers in secondary education. Co-responsibility for the syntax chapter with O. Koeneman.
2020 - H. Zeijlstra. De geniale eenvoud van taal [The brilliant simplicity of language]. Popular scientific book on linguistics. Amsterdam: Wereldbibliotheek.
2017 - O. Koeneman & H. Zeijlstra. Introducing syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.