Background
Wetzels, Willem Leo was born on September 9, 1951 in Schinnen, The Netherlands. Son of Lambertus Wetzels and Maria van Eck.
Wetzels, Willem Leo was born on September 9, 1951 in Schinnen, The Netherlands. Son of Lambertus Wetzels and Maria van Eck.
Master of Arts in French Literature, University Nymegen, The Netherlands, 1975. Master of Arts in Linguistics, University Nymegen, The Netherlands, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, University Nymegen, The Netherlands, 1981.
Assistant professor linguistics Nymegen University, 1975-1984, associate professor linguistics, 1984-1990. Full professor linguistics Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, since 1990. Visiting scholar various international universities, including Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1982, department linguistics, 1984, Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil, 1986, 90, Federal University Rondônia, Center Study Amazonian Languages, Guajara Mirim, Brazil, 1996.
Visiting professor various international universities, including Federal University Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil, 1986, 95, Phonetics Institute, Paris, 1989, Unicamp, 1991, National Museum, Rio de Janeiro, 1992, Brazillian Linguistics Association, São Paulo, 1993, Maceió, Brazil, 1997, Catholic University Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1994, 95, Federal University Alagoas, Maceió, 1996.