Johan Rooryck (born 1 July 1961) is a Belgian linguist and a visiting professor at Leiden University where he was Professor of French Linguistics between 1993 and 2020.
He is the editor-in-chief of the journal ''Glossa'' and the former executive editor of ''Lingua'' (1999-2015).
Rooryck is known for his works on generative grammar.
He is the executive director of cOAlition S
and is a recipient of Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship (2011/2012).
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