Jan Goossens (linguist)

Jan Goossens
Born (1930-02-19) 19 February 1930
Genk, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
OccupationLinguist
Academic background
Alma materKU Leuven
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Münster
Main interestsDutch and Low Franconian philology

Jan Goossens (born 19 February 1930 in Genk, Belgium) is a Belgian historical linguist and dialectologist. His main interest is the philology and history of Dutch and the Low Franconian and Low Saxon dialects of the Low Countries and Germany.