Marijn van Putten (born March 10, 1988) is a Dutch historical linguist and assistant professor at Leiden University.
Biography
Born on March 10, 1988, in Amsterdam, Marijn van Putten completed his diploma at Jan Tinbergen College in Roosendaal in 2006. He then pursued a Bachelor’s degree in Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at Leiden University, followed by a Research Master in Linguistics, focusing on language structure and variation. During this period, he developed an interest in Berber languages and their historical linguistics. In 2012, he began his PhD research on Awjila Berber grammar at the Leiden University Centre of Linguistics, completing his thesis within a year. He received his PhD from Leiden University in 2013. After his Research Master, he worked as a research assistant in the Comparative Indo-European Linguistics department, contributing to etymological dictionaries and the New Indo-European Dictionary Project.
Works
- A Grammar of Awjila Berber (Libya): Based on Paradisi's Work (2014)
- Quranic Arabic. From its Hijazi Origins to its Classical Reading Traditions (2022)
References
- "Marijn van Putten". Leiden University. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
- ^ van Putten, M (2013). A Grammar of Awjila Berber (Libya): Based on Umberto Paradisi's Material (PhD thesis). Leiden University. p. 343. hdl:1887/21848.
- "Marijn van Putten". Institute for Advanced Study. 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
- Reviews of Quranic Arabic. From its Hijazi Origins to its Classical Reading Traditions:
- Jean Druel (2023). “Marijn van Putten, Quranic Arabic. From its Hijazi Origins to its Classical Reading Traditions”, MIDÉO, 38 | 358-363.
- Tabibzadeh, Arya (2023). "Marijn van Putten , Quranic Arabic. From Its Hijazi Origins to Its Classical Reading Traditions". Der Islam. 100 (2): 570–573. doi:10.1515/islam-2023-0035. ISSN 1613-0928.
- Moqbel, Tareq (2023). "Quranic Arabic: From its Hijazi Origins to its Classical Reading Traditions By Marijn van Putten". Journal of Islamic Studies. 34 (3): 402–407. doi:10.1093/jis/etad017. ISSN 0955-2340.
- Stokes, Phillip W. (2023). "Marijn van Putten . Quranic Arabic: From its Hijazi Origins to its Classical Reading Traditions". Journal of the International Qur'anic Studies Association. 8 (1): 172–184. doi:10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0015. ISSN 2474-8390.
- Suheil Laher, “Van Putten, Marijn. Quranic Arabic: From its Hijazi origins to its classical reading traditions. Brill, 2022, 376 pages.” Journal of the American Oriental Society (2024)
Further reading
- Alshammari, Wafi Fhaid (2021). "The Feminine Ending - at in Shammari Arabic: a Response to Marijn Van Putten". Journal of Semitic Studies. 66 (1): 145–152. doi:10.1093/jss/fgaa032. ISSN 0022-4480.