I have known Gjert Kristoffersen since he defended his doctoral dissertation (Habilitation) in Tromsø 1991 where I was his first opponent. Gjert defended himself with bravour (even though he later admitted that he had problems in understanding my Danish, in particular the page numbers). His dissertation Aspects of Norwegian Syllable Structure developed into the admirable reference work The Phonology of Norwegian (OUP, 2000). Gjert is one of the best phonologists I have ever known, and I have learnt a lot from him in our discussions of tonal accents, stød etc. in Scandinavia. We were friends since 1991 and have met about computational linguistics, Scandinavian, French phonology and morphology. Gjert was always generous in sharing his insights, and a warm personality. It is a tragic loss that we do not have him among us, but he stays in our memory.
I have known Gjert Kristoffersen since he defended his doctoral dissertation (Habilitation) in Tromsø 1991 where I was his first opponent. Gjert defended himself with bravour (even though he later admitted that he had problems in understanding my Danish, in particular the page numbers). His dissertation Aspects of Norwegian Syllable Structure developed into the admirable reference work The Phonology of Norwegian (OUP, 2000). Gjert is one of the best phonologists I have ever known, and I have learnt a lot from him in our discussions of tonal accents, stød etc. in Scandinavia. We were friends since 1991 and have met about computational linguistics, Scandinavian, French phonology and morphology. Gjert was always generous in sharing his insights, and a warm personality. It is a tragic loss that we do not have him among us, but he stays in our memory.
