Bo Rune Ingemar Ralph (born 4 October 1945) is a
Swedish linguist, member of the
Swedish Academy
The Swedish Academy ( sv, Svenska Akademien), founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. Its 18 members, who are elected for life, comprise the highest Swedish language authority. Outside Scandinavia, it is b ...
, and professor of Nordic Languages at the Department of Swedish Language at
Gothenburg University
The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 s ...
. He was elected to the Swedish Academy on 15 April 1999 and admitted on 20 December 1999. Bo Ralph succeeded the
philosopher and
sociologist Torgny T:son Segerstedt to
Seat No.2.
He is a member of the
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway.
History
The Royal Frederick Unive ...
.
Bibliography
* Introduktion i historisk språkvetenskap (1971)
* Riktlinjer för en systemlösning till Meijerbergs etymologiska register (1972)
* Contributions to case theory (1972)
* The development of final devoicing in the Germanic languages (1973)
* Constraining predictiveness in phonology (1974)
* Phonological differentiation : studies in Nordic language history (1975)
* Fornsvenska (1984)
* Svenskans grundläggande prepositioner (1984)
* Sicket mål (1986); ''co-author:
Lars-Gunnar Andersson''
* Mål på hemmaplan (1987); ''co-author: Lars-Gunnar Andersson''
* Torgny Segerstedt : inträdestal i Svenska akademien (1999)
Notes
References
*
1945 births
Living people
People from Gothenburg
Members of the Swedish Academy
Linguists from Sweden
Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg
Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
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