This page provides a listing of BeNeCLA members, with an indication of their specific area of expertise. In order to become a member, please contact the secretary.
| Ameka, Felix K. | Leiden | language description and documentation, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, cognitive linguistics, anthropological linguistics and African languages |
| Auwera, Johan van der | Antwerpen | modaliteit, negatie |
| Backus, Ad | Tilburg | sociolinguïstiek, tweetaligheid, taalverandering |
| Beliën, Maaike | Delft | lexical and constructional semantics, cognitive grammar, corpus linguistics, adpositions and auxiliary choice (Dutch ‘hebben’ and ‘zijn’) |
| Bentein, Klaas | Gent | Ancient Greek, Cognitive Grammar, diachronic linguistics |
| Boogaart, Ronny | Leiden | semantics and pragmatics, construction grammar (tense, aspect, mood, modality, conditional constructions) |
| Geert Booij | Leiden | Construction Grammar, morphology |
| Brisard, Frank | Antwerpen | Cognitive Grammar, tense-aspect, epistemic modality, linguistic pragmatics |
| Brône, Geert | Antwerpen, Lessius | cognitieve semantiek, discourse analysis, psycholinguïstiek |
| Cienki, Alan | VU-Amsterdam | spoken language semantics, gesture and cognitive linguistics (esp. metaphor, metonymy, schemas, mental spaces), political discourse analysis, Germanic and Slavic linguistics |
| Colleman, Timothy | Gent | Construction Grammar, syntax and semantics, language variation |
| Cornillie, Bert | Leuven | Modality and Evidentiality in Discourse, Spoken and written Spanish, Grammaticalization and Subjectification |
| Coussé, Evie | Gent | ontwikkeling samengestelde tijden, perfectum, passief, werkwoordsvolgorde |
| De Cock, Barbara | Leuven | persoonsverwijzing en onpersoonlijke constructies, interactie pragmatiek en syntaxis, discourse, Spaans/ person reference and impersonal constructions, interface pragmatics-syntax, discourse, Spanish |
| Liesbeth Degand | Louvain-la-Neuve | discourse markers, discourse structure, grammaticalization, corpus linguistics (Dutch/French), speech vs. writing |
| Delbecque, Nicole | Leuven | Spaanse taalkunde |
| Dagmar Divjak | Sheffield | Slavic Languages; lexical semantics (synonymy); lexis-grammar interface; aspect & modality; corpus linguistics |
| Dogruoz, A. Seza | Tilburg | cognitive linguistics, Turkish, language contact, bilingualism, corpus linguistics |
| Elffers, Els | Amsterdam | foundations of semantics, modal particles, information structure, past participle |
| Engelenhoven, Aone van | Leiden | betekenis in grammatica en orale tradities (in insulair ZO Azië), semiotaxis en cognitieve poetica van het Indonesisch |
| Enghels, Renata | Gent | Spaanse taalkunde, syntaxis en semantiek, perceptiewerkwoorden, causatieve werkwoorden, complementtypes |
| Evers-Vermeul, Jacqueline | Utrecht | 1. language acquisition, 2. discourse coherence, 3. readability in educational settings |
| Fagel, Suzanne | Leiden | stilistiek, moderne letterkunde |
| Feyaerts, Kurt | Leuven | creativiteit en humor; metafoor en metonymie; intersubjectiviteit in interactioneel discours; gesproken taal |
| Foolen, Ad | Nijmegen | partikels, expressiviteit, constructies |
| Forceville, Charles | Amsterdam | pictorial and multimodal metaphor; multimodal discourse; narration; documentary film, animation, comics, advertising, Relevance Theory |
| Fortuin, Egbert | Leiden | Russian linguistics, semantics, syntax (imperatives, conditionals, aspect, degree words, ellipsis, philosophy of language) |
| Gallez, Francoise | Namur | construction grammar, cognitive linguistics, German, Language acquisition , L3 |
| Geeraerts, Dirk | Leuven | lexical semantics, lexicology, language variation and change, corpus linguistics |
| Geerdink, Hetty | Leiden | Semiotactische analyse van het Moderne Japans (gepubliceerd bij Lincon.Europa); werkt nu aan een ’semiotactic approach’ voor andere altaische talen, zoals klassiek Mongools en Manchu. |
| Glynn, Dylan | Lund | Usage-Based Cognitive Semantics, Lexical Semantics, Constructional Semantics, Quantitative Methods |
| Hanegreefs, Hilde | Leuven/ Antwerpen | verbal semantics, corpus linguistics, frame analysis, cognitive linguistics |
| Heirbaut, Joni | Leuven | discoursanalyse, contrastieve taalkunde, corpus bijbelvertalingen |
| Heyvaert, Liesbet | Leuven | nominalization, gerunds, participles and middle constructions |
| Hoetjes, Marieke | Tilburg | nonverbal communication, psycholinguistics, gesture |
| Holleman, Bregje | Utrecht | framing/profiling, lexicale contrasten |
| Honselaar, Wim | Amsterdam | lexical semantics, pragmatics, syntax and morphology of contemporary Russian and Dutch; bilingual lexicography |
| Janssen, Theo | VU-Amsterdam | syntax, semantics, and pragmatics |
| Kaal, A.R (Bertie) | VU-Amsterdam | discourse analysis |
| Koier, Elizabeth | Leiden | historical linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, modality, modal adverbs, grammaticalization, subjectification, Ancient Greek linguistics, word order, information structure, particles, Indo-Europeanlinguistics. |
| Krennmayr, Tina | VU-Amsterdam | metaphor in (news) discourse, cognitive linguistics, corpus linguistics, psycholinguistics, metaphor in foreign language teaching, second language learning |
| Leeuwen, Maarten van | Leiden | stylistics, cognitive rhetoric, discourse analysis |
| Maarten Lemmens | Lille | posture and location verbs, spatial expressions, lexical causatives |
| Luchjenbroers, June | Bangor, UK | |
| Malepaard, Joop | VU-Amsterdam | negatie, disjunctie; de zg. balansschikking in het hedendaagse Nederlands |
| Michaud Maturana, Daniel | Leuven / Hogeschool Zuyd | Spaans, kwantificerende constituenten |
| Mortelmans, Tanja | Antwerpen | modality & modal verbs, evidentiality, tense and aspect |
| Gijs Mulder | Nijmegen | Spaans, pragmatiek, lexicografie, idioom, lexicale semantiek |
| Pater, Adriaan | Utrecht | application of Conceptual Metaphor, Blending Theory to the Hebrew bible |
| Pascual, Esther | Groningen | mental spaces and conceptual blending, legal argumentation, fictive interaction, i.e. the intersection of language, interaction, and cognition |
| Persoon, Ingrid | Utrecht | causale connectieven, conversaties, subjectiviteit, constructiegrammatica, prosodie |
| Gudrun Rawoens | Gent | Zweedse taalkunde, functionele grammatica, corpuslinguïstiek |
| Redeker, Gisela | Groningen | discourse, textual structures, text processing |
| Rhee, Seongha | Hankuk (Seoul, Korea) | grammaticalization, typology |
| Eloy Romero-Muñoz | Namur | Applied Educational Linguistics, the values and flaws of a CL approach to ESL |
| Gijsbert Rutten | Leiden | diachrone constructiegrammatica, historische sociolinguïstiek, geschiedenis van de taalkunde |
| Sambre, Paul | Lessius Antwerpen/ Leuven | cognitive grammar, frame semantics, linguistic creativity, cognitive discourse models, the relation between cognitive linguistics and French phenomenology and poststructuralism, French and Italian |
| Sanders, José | Nijmegen | mental space theorie, perspectief, narratieve tekst, citaatvormen |
| Sanders, Ted | Utrecht | discourse studies, discourse structure, coherence, connectives, discourse processing, acquisition, document design and readability. |
| Spronck, Stef | Australian National University | Reported speech and thought; evidentiality, modality, stance; social cognition and grammar; typology; Australian languages, Ungarinyin |
| Steen, Gerard | VU-Amsterdam | metaphor, metonymy, figurative language; discourse, genre, register, style, rhetoric |
| Slobin, Dan I. | UC Berkeley | |
| Steinkrauss, Rasmus | Groningen / Luxemburg | child language acquisition, Cognitive Grammar |
| Sweep, Josefien | Amsterdam | metonymy in the direct object; logical metonymy; coding metonymies in dictionaries; semantics; lexicology |
| Thijs, Bartie | Particulier | bijdrage cognitieve linguistiek aan verhelpen grammaticale leermoeilijkheden in bovenbouw Havo/Vwo |
| Tribushinina, Elena | Antwerpen | semantics of degree expressions, language acquisition, construction grammar |
| Remi van Trijp | Parijs | evolutionaire taalkunde, computerlinguïstiek |
| Van Bogaert, Julie | Gent | usage-based approaches, construction grammar, emergent grammar, grammaticalization |
| Vandelanotte, Lieven | Namur/ Leuven | reported speech, the noun phrase, cognitive poetics, corpus research |
| Pierre Van Hecke | Leuven | metafoor in het Klassieke Hebreeuws en Aramees |
| Dorina Veldhuis | Tilburg | cognitive linguistics, literacy, bilingualism |
| Verhaert, Anne | Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen | Spaanse taalkunde |
| Verhagen, Arie | Leiden | intersubjectiviteit, constructiegrammatica, evolutie van taal |
| Verroens, Filip | Gent | French and contrastive linguistics |
| Verspoor, Marjolijn | Groningen | Second Language Development from a usage based perspective; cognitive linguistics in second language teaching and processing. |
| Verveckken, Katrien | Leuven | Spanish binominal syntagm (NP de NP-phrase), quantifiers, grammaticalization, subjectification, Construction Grammar, Lexical Semantics |
| Maurice Vliegen | VU Amsterdam | verb meaning, infinitival constructions, reported speech, evidentiality |
| Vliet, Sarah van | VU Amsterdam | referential expressions, information structure, attention & language, construction grammar, narrative discourse, language production |
| Paul Vogt | Tilburg | Child language acquisition, multimodal gesturing, language evolution, cognitive modelling |
| Welschen, Ad | Amsterdam | 1) metonymie, 2) coördinatie, subordinatie en structurele mengvormen daarvan |
| Wermuth, Cornelia | Lessius/ Leuven | (medische) vaktaal en terminologie, frame semantics, NLP |
| Elisabeth Zima | Leuven | interactional discourse, meaning constitution, intersubjectivity, discourse dynamics, creativity |
