Bo Ralph

Swedish linguist, Member of the Swedish Academy

Bo Ralph

Born|

Bo Rune Ingemar Ralph

(1945-10-04) 4 October 1945 (age 79)

Gothenburg, Sweden

Nationality| Swedish
Occupation(s)| linguist, university teacher, writer
Employer(s)| Stockholm University
University of Gothenburg
Member of the Swedish Academy
(Seat No. 2)

Incumbent

Assumed office
20 December 1999
Preceded by| Torgny T:son Segerstedt

Bo Rune Ingemar Ralph (born 4 October 1945) is a Swedish linguist, member of the Swedish Academy, and professor of Nordic Languages at the Department of Swedish Language at University of Gothenburg. 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.[1]

## Bibliography

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* 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

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1. ^ "Gruppe 5: Filologi og språkvitenskap" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 10 January 2011.

## References

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* Jan Arnald; Tim Crosfield, transl. "Chair no. 2 - Bo Ralph". www.svenskaakademien.se. Swedish Academy. Archived from the original on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2010-05-10.

Cultural offices

Preceded by

Torgny T:son Segerstedt

|  Swedish Academy,
Seat No.2
1999–present  | Incumbent

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Swedish Academy

"[T]o work for the 'purity, vigour and majesty' of the Swedish language"

Current
members|

1. Eric M. Runesson
2. Bo Ralph
3. David Håkansson
4. Anders Olsson
5. Ingrid Carlberg
6. Tomas Riad
7. Åsa Wikforss
8. Jesper Svenbro
9. Ellen Mattson
10. Peter Englund
11. Mats Malm (permanent secretary)
12. Per Wästberg
13. Anne Swärd
14. Steve Sem-Sandberg
15. Jila Mossaed
16. Anna-Karin Palm
17. Horace Engdahl
18. Tua Forsström

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