Professor Dr Bernd Heine FBA

Linguistics and African Studies

Elected 1996

Fellow type: Corresponding Fellow
Year elected: 1996
Sections: Linguistics and Philology
Website: http://www.prof-bernd-heine.de

Bernd Heine is Emeritus Professor at the Institute of African Studies (Institut für Afrikanistik und Ägyptologie), of the University of Cologne, Germany. His main interest is in understanding language structure and language usage in all their manifestations. While being concerned primarily with the 2000-odd African languages, he has also published books and papers dealing with languages across the world. A major theme in his work is how languages change. To this end, he has contributed to grammaticalisation theory and he has also worked on the origin and evolution of human languages. More recently, his research shifted to the study of conversations and texts, proposing a new analytic framework called discourse grammar.

He has held visiting professorships in Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Africa, and Eastern Asia (Japan, South Korea, China). And he has been a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, USA (1999-2000), the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS), Wassenaar (2005-2006), and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (2008-2009).

Current post

Professor Emeritus, University of Cologne

Past appointments

University of Cape Town Visiting Professor

2015 - 2015

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China Yunshan Chair Professor

2014 - 2016

Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea Visiting Professor

2009 - 2011

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Visiting Professor and Fellow

2008 - 2009

École des Hautes Études (CRLAO), Paris Visiting Professor

2007 - 2007

Federal University, Rio de Janeiro Visiting Professor

2007 - 2007

University of Hamburg Visiting Professor

2006 - 2006

University of Graz Visiting Professor

2005 - 2005

Dartmouth College, New Hampshire Visiting Professor

2002 - 2002

LaTrobe University, Melbourne Visiting Professor

1994 - 1995

University of Cologne Professor

1978 - 2004

University of Nairobi Visiting Professor

1975 - 1978

Publications

The Grammar of Interactives

Bernd Heine - Published in 2022 by Oxford University Press

Grammaticalization

Heiko Narrog and Bernd Heine - Published in 2021 by Oxford University Press

The Rise of Discourse Markers

Edited by Bernd Heine, Gunther Kaltenböck, Tania Kuteva, and Haiping Long - Published in 2021 by Cambridge University Press

The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis

Bernd Heine and Heiko Narrog - Published in 2015 by Oxford University Press

Second Edition

The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization

Edited by Bernd Heine and Heiko Narrog - Published in 2011 by Oxford University Press

A Linguistic Geography of Africa

Bernd Heine and Derek Nurse - Published in 2008 by Cambridge University Press

The Genesis of Grammar: A Reconstruction

Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva - Published in 2007 by Oxford University Press

The Changing Languages of Europe

Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva - Published in 2006 by Oxford University Press

Language Contact and Grammatical Change

Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva - Published in 2005 by Cambridge University Press

World Lexicon of Grammaticalization

Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva - Published in 2002 by Cambridge University Press

African Languages: An introduction

Edited by Bernd Heine and Derek Nurs - Published in 2000 by Cambridge University Press

Possession: Cognitive Sources, Forces, and Grammaticalization

Bernd Heine - Published in 1997 by Cambridge University Press

Cognitive Foundations of Grammar

Bernd Heine - Published in 1997 by Oxford University Press

Auxiliaries: Cognitive Forces and Grammaticalization

Bernd Heine - Published in 1993 by Oxford University Press

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Professor Janet Watson FBA

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Professor Nicholas Sims-Williams FBA

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Professor Deirdre Wilson FBA

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Professor Dr Bernd Heine FBA

Current post

Professor Emeritus, University of Cologne

Past appointments

University of Cape Town Visiting Professor

2015 - 2015

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China Yunshan Chair Professor

2014 - 2016

Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea Visiting Professor

2009 - 2011

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Visiting Professor and Fellow

2008 - 2009

École des Hautes Études (CRLAO), Paris Visiting Professor

2007 - 2007

Federal University, Rio de Janeiro Visiting Professor

2007 - 2007

University of Hamburg Visiting Professor

2006 - 2006

University of Graz Visiting Professor

2005 - 2005

Dartmouth College, New Hampshire Visiting Professor

2002 - 2002

LaTrobe University, Melbourne Visiting Professor

1994 - 1995

University of Cologne Professor

1978 - 2004

University of Nairobi Visiting Professor

1975 - 1978

Publications

The Grammar of Interactives

Bernd Heine - Published in 2022 by Oxford University Press

Grammaticalization

Heiko Narrog and Bernd Heine - Published in 2021 by Oxford University Press

The Rise of Discourse Markers

Edited by Bernd Heine, Gunther Kaltenböck, Tania Kuteva, and Haiping Long - Published in 2021 by Cambridge University Press

The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis

Bernd Heine and Heiko Narrog - Published in 2015 by Oxford University Press

The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization

Edited by Bernd Heine and Heiko Narrog - Published in 2011 by Oxford University Press

A Linguistic Geography of Africa

Bernd Heine and Derek Nurse - Published in 2008 by Cambridge University Press

The Genesis of Grammar: A Reconstruction

Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva - Published in 2007 by Oxford University Press

The Changing Languages of Europe

Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva - Published in 2006 by Oxford University Press

Language Contact and Grammatical Change

Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva - Published in 2005 by Cambridge University Press

World Lexicon of Grammaticalization

Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva - Published in 2002 by Cambridge University Press

African Languages: An introduction

Edited by Bernd Heine and Derek Nurs - Published in 2000 by Cambridge University Press

Possession: Cognitive Sources, Forces, and Grammaticalization

Bernd Heine - Published in 1997 by Cambridge University Press

Cognitive Foundations of Grammar

Bernd Heine - Published in 1997 by Oxford University Press

Auxiliaries: Cognitive Forces and Grammaticalization

Bernd Heine - Published in 1993 by Oxford University Press

Related Fellows

Professor Janet Watson FBA

Professor Nicholas Sims-Williams FBA

Professor Deirdre Wilson FBA

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