Father Cornelis J.M. Goeman (sales manager chemical plant Servo (Ambt-Delden), later manager Scholten-Honig (Veendam); born Den Haag
Mother Catharina L.J.M. Rengerink (chemical analyst Servo); born Stad Delden
Schooling
Primary school Stad Delden: RC Boys-school
1956-1962
Gymnasium A, Grundel-Lyceum Hengelo (Ov.)
1962-1967
Radboud University Nijmegen: Dutch Language and Literature (profs. Weijnen, Nuijtens, Asselbergs, Meeuwisse)
1965-1966
Member board/secretary studentensociety Telemachus Nijmegen
1967-1968
Université de Paris Faculté des Sciences, Centre de Linguistique Quantitative (language statistics, probability, formal languages, chain- and generative grammar, semantics, predicate logic)
(profs. Hérault, Boeuf, Gross, Salkoff, Reznikov, Pottier, Moïnfar)
1968-1970
Radboud University Nijmegen: General Linguistics (prof. Kraak), minors Dutch Linguistics (prof. Nuijtens) and Psycholinguistics (prof. Kempen)
course mathematical logic (prof. De Iongh)
1970-1972
Compulsory Militairy Service, sergeant company administrator Garde regiment Grenadiers
1972
Masters General Linguistics Radboud University Nijmegen
1972-1973
Teacher Dutch Language and Literature Catholic Gelder’s Lyceum Arnhem
course Formal Languages (prof. Levelt) Radboud University Nijmegen
course Fortran IV programming
1999
PhD Free University Amsterdam (supervisor prof. Van Reenen)
Profession
1973-2006
Senior researcher Meertens Institute / Royal Nederlands Academie of Arts and Sciences Amsterdam
1997-2002 Member Mangement team Meertens Institute.
1997-1999 Manager Section Variational linguistics
1999-2003 Manager Section Documentation and Information Technology
- Projectleader fieldwork and computerization Netherlands of GTRP (Goeman-Taeldeman-Van Reenen Project) with Piet van Reenen (Free University Amsterdam): Phonology and Morphology of the Dutch Dialects based on fieldwork.
- Projectleader MAND: MorphologicaL Atlas of the Dutch Dialects
Profession related
- Nominee thesis prize 1999 ATV-Anéla
- Co-editor of linguistic journal issues.
- Jury member thesis prize 2001 ATV-Anéla
- Member editorial board Handelingen van de Commissie voor Toponymie en Dialectologie (Belgium)
- Member editorial board of the online Journal of Linguistic Geography (Cambridge University Press)
- Member Organizing Committee ICLaVE 3, Amsterdam, 24-06-2005
- Member of the board/treasurer Foundation Text corpora and Data bases in the Humaniora (end nineties)
- Member of the board/secretary Section Audiovisual Archives of the de Royal Association of Archivists in the Netherlands 1999-2003)
- Organizing Committee 5. International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (Amsterdam 1997)
- Member of the board/secretary Working group Dialectology of the former Linguistics Foundation NWO (’70/’80)
- Member of the board General Association of Dutch Linguists (Algemene Vereniging voor Taalwetenschap (ATV)) 1974; treasurer 1975-1976
- Member Dutch National Commitee of the Atlas Linguarum Europae (department Germanic Languages) (’70/80)
- Member General Association of Dutch Linguists (Algemene Vereniging voor Taalwetenschap (AVT))
- Member Verein für Niederdeutsche Sprachforschung
- Member Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde
Mariage august, 3 1970 to Gerrie W.M. Toebast (teacher French)
Daughter Brecht (1973); architect, married to Furkan Köse ( 'Atelier PUUUR architectuur & stedenbouw’)
grandchildren Mennan (boy), Yade (girl)
Son Dirk (1975); geotechnician (Crux engineering)
Organisations extra-professional
As student Nijmegen: violoncellist Nijmegen Student Orchestra Collegium Musicum Carolinum
Treasurer Musical Instruments Trust, School of Music Amsterdam-Zuidoost (’80)
Member of the Board/Secretary Base-ball and Softball Club TIW-Survivors Diemen (’80-90)