Gjert Kristoffersen

Gjert Kristoffersen
Born(1949-08-13)13 August 1949
Arendal, Norway
Died29 May 2021(2021-05-29) (aged 71)
Åmli, Norway
Known forContributions to Norwegian phonology
SpouseJan Olav Gatland
Academic background
ThesisAspects of Norwegian Syllable Structure (1991)

Gjert Kristoffersen (Urban East Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈjæʈː krɪˈstɔ̀fːəʂɳ̍]; 13 August 1949 in Arendal – 29 May 2021) was a Norwegian linguist, a phonetician and a professor at the University of Bergen.[1][2] His native dialect of Norwegian was Arendalsk.[3] He was married to librarian and biographer Jan Olav Gatland.[4] On 29 May 2021, Kristoffersen was killed in an automobile accident in Åmli.[5]

Works

  • Durand, Jacques; Gut, Ulrike; Kristoffersen, Gjert, eds. (2014), The Oxford Handbook of Corpus Phonology, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-957193-2
  • Kristoffersen, Gjert (2000), The Phonology of Norwegian, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-823765-5

References

  1. ^ "Gjert Kristoffersen | Universitetet i Bergen". Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Gjert Kristoffersen | LinkedIn". Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. ^ Kristoffersen (2000), p. 36.
  4. ^ "Minneord". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 4 June 2021. pp. 61–62.
  5. ^ Sejersted, Jørgen (1 June 2021). "Professor Gjert Kristoffersen". Khrono (in Norwegian Bokmål).