Johan Rooryck

Johan Rooryck
Born (1961-07-01) 1 July 1961
AwardsDistinguished Lorentz Fellowship (2011/2012)
Academic background
EducationKU Leuven (BA, MA, PhD)
ThesisControl verbs: an analysis of the interpretation of the non-expressed subject of infinitival constructions in French (1987)
Academic work
Disciplinelinguistics
Sub-disciplinesyntax, morphology
InstitutionsLeiden University
Websitewww.rooryck.org

Johan Rooryck (born 1 July 1961) is a Belgian linguist and a visiting professor at Leiden University where he was Professor of French Linguistics between 1993 and 2020. He is co-editor-in-chief of the journal Glossa and the former executive editor of Lingua (1999-2015). Rooryck is known for his works on generative grammar. He is the executive director of cOAlition S and is a recipient of Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship (2011/2012).