Simon C. Dik

Simon Cornelis Dik (September 6, 1940 in Delden – March 1, 1995 in Holysloot[1]) was a Dutch linguist, most famous for developing the theory of functional grammar.

During these 25 years he developed the theory of functional grammar, the foundations for which had been laid in his 1968 dissertation on coordination.

The second part of his work, The Theory of Functional Grammar, was published posthumously in 1997.

His PhD dissertation was done under the supervision of Anton Reichling, and after it he became chair of general linguistics in Amsterdam at only 28 years old, which was a point of discussion.

He was the supervisor of Kees Hengeveld who then became his closest collaborator, and helped part II of The theory of functional grammar materialize as Dik fell ill in 1992.