Tomas Riad
Tomas Riad | |
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Riad in 2019 | |
| Born | Tomas Staffan Riad 15 November 1959 Uppsala, Sweden |
| Education | Stockholm University |
| Occupations | Linguist, musician, writer |
| Employer(s) | Stockholm University University of Gothenburg |
| Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 6) | |
| Assumed office 20 December 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Birgitta Trotzig |
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Tomas Staffan Riad (born 15 November 1959) is a Swedish linguist, specialised in Swedish phonology and prosody. He received his Ph.D. from Stockholm University in 1992 and is professor at the Department of Scandinavian languages there. Riad is also a violinist, trained at the Royal College of Music in London and has worked as a full-time musician. He was elected a member of the Swedish Academy on 29 September 2011 (taking his seat on 20 December).