Bo Ralph

Bo Ralph
Born	Bo Rune Ingemar Ralph (1945-10-04) 4 October 1945 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 Gothenburg University. 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.

Bibliography

• 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)

References

• 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.