Tomas Riad

Tomas Riad
Riad in 2019
Born
Tomas Staffan Riad

(1959-11-15) 15 November 1959 (age 64)
Uppsala, Sweden
EducationStockholm University
Occupation(s)Linguist, musician, writer
Employer(s)Stockholm University
University of Gothenburg
Member of the Swedish Academy
(Seat No. 6)
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 December 2011
Preceded byBirgitta Trotzig

Tomas Staffan Riad (born 15 November 1959) is a Swedish linguist, specialised in Swedish phonology and prosody. He received his Ph.D. from Stockholm University in 1992[1] and is professor at the Department of Scandinavian languages there.[2] Riad is also a violinist, trained at the Royal College of Music in London and has worked as a full-time musician.[3] He was elected a member of the Swedish Academy on 29 September 2011 (taking his seat on 20 December).[4]

  1. ^ Dissertation, full text available: Structures in Germanic Prosody. A diachronic study with special reference to the Nordic languages[permanent dead link], Stockholm University, 1992.
  2. ^ Sandstedt
  3. ^ Englund
  4. ^ Sandstedt; the exact date of the election is clear from Englund's blog