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Willem Johannes Maria Levelt
Levelt in October 2014
Born (1938-05-17) 17 May 1938 (age 86)
EducationUniversiteit Leiden
Spouse(s)Elisabeth, C.M. Jacobs
ChildrenClaartje, Philip, Christiaan
Scientific career
FieldsPsycholinguistics
InstitutionsNijmegen
ThesisOn Binocular Rivalry (1965)
Doctoral advisorJohannes Petrus van de Geer
Websitehttp://www.mpi.nl/people/levelt-pim

Willem Johannes Maria (Pim) Levelt (born 17 May 1938 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch psycholinguist. He is a researcher of human language acquisition and speech production. He developed a comprehensive theory of the cognitive processes involved in the act of speaking, including the significance of the "mental lexicon". Levelt was the founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen. He also served as president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences between 2002 and 2005,[1] of which he has been a member since 1978.[2][3]

Levelt became a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1993.[4] In 2000 he became a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.[5] Levelt became a corresponding member (living abroad) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 2002.[6] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2004.[7] In 2010 Levelt was awarded the Orden Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste, receiving the orden in person from the President of Germany on 30 May 2011.[8][9]

Publications

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  • An introduction to the theory of formal languages and automata (PDF). Formal grammars in linguistics and psycholinguistics. Vol. 1. The Hague: Mouton. 1974.
  • Applications in linguistic theory (PDF). Formal grammars in linguistics and psycholinguistics. Vol. 2. The Hague: Mouton. 1974.
  • Psycholinguistic applications (PDF). Formal grammars in linguistics and psycholinguistics. Vol. 3. The Hague: Mouton. 1974.
  • Speaking: From Intention to Articulation. 1989.
  • A History of Psycholinguistics: The Pre-Chomskyan Era (PDF). 2012.
About Pim Levelt

References

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  1. ^ "KNAW-lid Pim Levelt benoemd tot lid van de Orden Pour le Mérite" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020.
  2. ^ Enserink, Martin, Final Report: Stapel Affair Points to Bigger Problems in Social Psychology, Science, 28 November 2012
  3. ^ "Pim Levelt". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Prof. Dr. Willem J.M. Levelt" (in German). German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Willem J. M. Levelt". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. h. c. mult Willem J.M. Levelt". Archived from the original on 16 May 2020.
  7. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Willem J.M. Levelt" (in German). orden-pourlemerite.de. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Auszeichnung mit Tradition" (in German). Archive of the Bundesregierung. 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020.
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