Background
Bierwisch, Manfred was born on July 28, 1930 in Halle, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Hedwig (Wand) Bierwisch.
Bierwisch, Manfred was born on July 28, 1930 in Halle, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Hedwig (Wand) Bierwisch.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Leipzig, 1960. Doctor of Science, Academy of Sciences, Berlin, 1982. Doctor honoris causa, Friedrich-Schiller University, 1992.
Doctor (honorary), University Leipzig, 2005.
Research assistant, Academy Sciences, Berlin, 1957-1961; research fellow, Academy Sciences, Berlin, 1961-1979; head of research group cognitive linguistics, Academy Sciences, Berlin, 1980-1991; head research unit structural grammar, Max-Planck Society, Berlin, 1991-1996; professor, Humboldt U., Berlin, since 1993. External member Max-Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, since 1985.
Member Linguistic Society of America (honorary), Hungarian Academy of Sciences (honorary), Saxonian Academy of Sciences (honorary), Goethe Institute (member presidium 1993-2002), Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (vice president 1993-1998).
Married Monika Fischinger, December 12, 1975.