Background
Willem was born on July 12, in Wasior, Papua, Indonesia. Arrived in Australia, 2002. Son of Nicolaas Burung (Sanger) and Emma Maria Samson (Ambon-Manado)
Willem was born on July 12, in Wasior, Papua, Indonesia. Arrived in Australia, 2002. Son of Nicolaas Burung (Sanger) and Emma Maria Samson (Ambon-Manado)
Bachelor of Engineering, Cenderawasih University, Papua, Indonesia, 1985. Master of Arts in Linguistics, London University, 1991. Postgraduate in linguistics, State University Leiden, The Netherlands.
Assistant lecturer Cenderawasih University, 1983—1985, lecturer, 1992—1998, SIL British School, 1990. Coordinator Wano translation team Yayasan Pelayanan Antarbudaya, Sentani, Indonesia, since 1998, consultant Indonesia, since 1999, lecturer linguistics, 2001—2005. Senior lecturer, head department grammar South Pacific Summer Institute Linguistics, Kangaroo Ground, Australia, since 2002.
Member of Australian Linguistic Society, Linguistics Association Great Britain, Association Linguistic Typology, SIL International, Role and Reference Grammar Discussion Club.
Willem married to Cornelia Elizabeth Burung-Boer, May 14, 1986. Children: Jonathan Nicolaas, Mark Maarten.
