His research primarily focuses on the syntax and semantics of grammatical constructions in Dutch and related languages, including Afrikaans, from a synchronic and/or diachronic perspecticve. This work is informed by key theoretical concepts from construction grammar, cognitive linguistics, and grammaticalization theory and is characterized methodologically by the use of qualitative and quantitative techniques for the analysis of corpus data. He obtained his Ph.D. in Linguistics from Ghent University in 2006 for a corpus-based study of the syntax and semantics of indirect object constructions in present-day Dutch. He has published extensively in both Dutch and international linguistic journals and edited volumes.