About Paul Boersma
Born 1959. Paul Boersma is a Dutch linguist.
Paulus Petrus Gerardus "Paul" Boersma (born 15 November 1959, Sint Nicolaasga) is professor of phonetic sciences at the University of Amsterdam. His research and teaching focus on the relationship between phonology and phonetics. Together with David Weenink, he has developed the speech signal processing program Praat, which has become widely used.
Boersma finished a doctoral degree with distinction from the University of Amsterdam with the title Functional Phonology. Since February 2022, Boersma has been the director of the Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics (LOT).
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Who is Paul Boersma?
linguistics professor from the Netherlands
When was Paul Boersma born?
Paul Boersma was born on 15 November 1959.
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Paul Boersma is a linguist.
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Paul Boersma is Dutch.
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