HARRY VAN DER HULST
1971-1977
University of Leiden
Major subject: Dutch Language & Literature
Minor subjects: General Linguistics & Philosophy of Language/Logic
Master's degree (cum laude) ‘Problems in Generative Phonology: synchronic and diachronic’
1977-1985
Full researcher at the Dutch Lexicological Institute (INL, Leiden)
1984
PhD at Leiden University: Syllable structure and stress in Dutch
1986-1994
Assistant professor in the department for general linguistics, Leiden University
1994-present
Associate professor in the department for general linguistics, Leiden University
1994-present
Associate professor at the Holland Institute of Generative Linguistics (HIL), a Graduate Program in linguistics
1996-1999
Director of the Holland Institute of Generative Linguistics (HIL)
2000-
Professor of Linguistics (Department of Linguistics, University of Connecticut (Storrs)
Research Areas
Phonology; in particular stress, syllabic structure, segmental structure, sign language, gesturing, language change & evolution, language acquisition, and the interplay between phonetics and phonology, linguistic analysis of graphic narratives