Person behind the research: linguist Anne Merkuur

This is how linguist Anne Merkuur is introduced in the tenth article in a series of 12: the Fryske Akademy and the daily newspaper Friesch Dagblad are working together in 2025 to put the people behind science in the spotlight.

For what do scientists do all day, and, better still, why do they do what they do? Where does that passion for the Frisian language and culture actually come from? Every month in 2025, in the Wykein supplement of the Friesch Dagblad, you can read more about what drives our colleagues and why they put their working lives at the service of Frisistics.

The interview with Anne can be read on the Friesch Dagblad website (login required).

Previous articles in the Friesch Dagblad
 

• Linguist Eric Hoekstra: 'Door de 'leafde foar de wierheid' belandde Eric Hoekstra in de wetenschap' (September 2025)
• Linguistics PhD student Meg Smith, 'Taal is in spegel fan it minsklik tinken', zegt de uit Amerika afkomstige Meg Smith' (August 2025)
• Cultural historian Simon Halink: 'Wat maakt een Fries tot een Fries?’ (July 2025)
• Language researcher Jelske Dijkstra. ‘Sprekkers fan Europeeske minderheidstalen kinne fan inoar leare’ (June 2025)
• Historian Mark Raat. ‘Hoe werd Fryslân ingericht?’ (May 2025)
• Linguist Nika Stefan. ‘Nika raakte ’fereale' op de Friese taal' (April 2025)
• Lexicographer Hindrik Sijens. ‘De rijkdom van de taal helpen beleven’ (March 2025)
• Historian Han Nijdam. ‘Han Nijdam slaat een brug tussen de Friese middeleeuwen en nu’ (February 2025)
• LexicographerJanneke Spoelstra ‘In het hart van de Fryske taalmienskip’ (January 2025)