2,355 search results for “laan africa language” in the Public website
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Laurentia Laan
Faculteit Geneeskunde
llaan@neurology.azl.nl | +31 71 526 3920
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Florian Laane
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
f.r.m.laane@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jan van der Laan
Science
jw.vd.laan@cbg-meb.nl | +31 6 5275 6424
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Miryam van der Laan
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.t.van.der.laan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 4203 1862
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Jort van der Laan
Faculty of Humanities
j.d.van.der.laan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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André van der Laan
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.m.van.der.laan@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Language, Education and Identity in Africa
On the 16th of September, Bert van Pinxteren successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Bert on this achievement!
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Language socialization in deaf families in Africa
Across cultures, parents help their children master the social and linguistic codes needed in adult life. Recent research on language socialization found important cross-cultural differences, pointing out the need for more diversity for a full understanding of this process.
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Language socialization in deaf families in Africa
Across cultures, parents help their children master the social and linguistic codes needed in adult life. Recent research on language socialization found important cross-cultural differences, pointing out the need for more diversity for a full understanding of this process. Deaf communities form…
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Unravelling East Africa’s Early Linguistic History (LHEAf)
This project investigates the rich linguistic history of the crucial language groups in East Africa and includes a search for words that indicate earlier lost languages. These outcomes, combined with recent archaeological and genetic research, will contribute to a new understanding of East Africa’s…
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Africa
At LUCL we study almost all aspects of a wide range of African languages. From phonology to anthropological linguistics, from theoretical syntax to urban youth languages, we study it all.
- Africa
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Nadja van der Laan-Buis
Expertisecentrum SOZ
n.van.der.laan@sea.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 512 4890
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African languages archives
This collaborative research group (CRG) facilitates the synergies of researchers engaged with African languages and documentation of texts conducted in East Africa, paying particular attention to ‘endangered archives’ and ‘endangered languages’.
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Metaly de Roode-van der Laan
Universitair Facilitair Bedrijf
m.van.der.laan@ufb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2400
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Brenda Schutten-van der Laan
Expertisecentrum SOZ
b.p.schutten@sea.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Africa reconsidered
If you follow the western media, you are likely to think of ‘Africa’ as the continent of origin of desperate migrants, a continent of hunger and disease and a breeding ground for international terrorism. But if you want to see the bigger picture, you should look no further than the African Studies scholars…
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SciSTIP – Bibliometric identification of research teams in Africa
This project is opening up the possibility of systematically studying research teams from a broad perspective, by developing specific bibliometric methodologies able to identify active collaborative research teams in Africa. Based on the extensive experience of CWTS and CREST, this project represents…
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Cattle-talk: the language of colour among East African pastoralists
What categories exist in the languages of pastoralists? Do these semantic concepts reflect universal or languagespecific tendencies? What (environment? culture?) governs the similarities (or the differences) attested crosslinguistically in cattle colour systems?
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South Africa
This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of the Faculty of Science with the University of Pretoria.
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Africa in the world - Rethinking Africa’s global connections
The debate about Africa’s changing relations with the world has rapidly evolved over the past decade. The initial emphasis on China’s role in Africa has given way to a more diversified approach, acknowledging that other emerging global players have also become important.
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South Africa
This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of Leiden University’s Faculty of Science with the University of Pretoria.
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Islam in North Africa
As Lila Abu Lughod pointed out in 1989, North Africa has been one of the geographical ‘zones of prestige’ for the development of canonical approaches and crucial theoretical debates regarding the comparative study of Islam.
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Sea-ing Africa
Sea-ing Africa explores how infrastructure in Ghana and Morocco shapes development, blending geopolitics, economics, and culture, impacting local and societal dynamics.
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Neolithisation of Northeastern Africa
Studies in Early Near Eastern Production, Subsistence, and Environment, vol.16. Edited by Noriyuki Shirai.
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Hominin Evolution in Africa
The Great Rift Valley in Africa is a real treasure trove for discovering early human fossils. The fossils found in this part of Africa have determined our view of human evolution. But was the Great Rift Valley really the place where evolution took place or just a place where fossils are well preserved…
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Africa in the world
The emergence of new players on the world market such as India, Brazil, China, Turkey and the Gulf States gives Africans more choice in who they work with and under which terms. At the same time, African multinationals are choosing to work with regional partners and are thus furnishing old political…
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Transforming Innovations in Africa
The authors in this volume explore how external innovations (products, technologies, services, institutions and processes) have been appropriated in African societies in order to be acceptable and relevant to local conditions, expectations and demands.
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Foreign investment in Africa
English The purpose of this research is to identify and examine the challenges faced by African States in the field of foreign investment with a view to contribute not only to the academic debate, but also to foster awareness and develop the capacities of these States with regard to the drafting, negotiation…
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W van Kessel
Afrika-Studiecentrum
w.m.j.van.kessel@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6605
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Karin Nijenhuis
Afrika-Studiecentrum
c.t.nijenhuis@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7377
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Anika Altaf
Afrika-Studiecentrum
a.altaf@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3376
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Antonio Frank
Afrika-Studiecentrum
a.frank@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Crossing language borders
How do speakers adapt to multilingual contexts?
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The Social Life of Connectivity in Africa
The studies outlined in this volume explore how connectedness continues to change Africa and how Africa continues to shape the social life of connections.
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VODAN Africa – FAIR Covid-19 Data across Africa and Asia
VODAN Africa started as a platform to enable access to critical data needed from Africa to fight the novel COVID-19. The initiative was inspired by the experience from the Liberia Ebola Virus outbreak in 2014: early detection requires contact tracing. Inclusion of the most vulnerable is critical to…
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Finding resolution for the Middle to Later Stone Age transition in South Africa
This project investigates the causes of the major archaeological change in the period of 40.000-20.000 BC in South Africa.
- Middle East & North Africa
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Language Diversity
Language offers new insights into our history, cultural differences, migration, and the way in which our brain processes information. This knowledge can in turn help us understand what it means to be human, as well as opening the way to many practical applications. In order to realise these goals, linguists…
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From Gesture to Language
Like any language, the natural sign languages (henceforth: SLs) of deaf communities differ from each other in their grammars and lexicons. A growing number of studies indicates that SLs make use of the gestures of hearing speakers to build linguistic structure. This implies that variation and similarities…
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The Borders of Race in Colonial South Africa. The Kat River Settlement, 1829–1856
This monograph by Robert Ross provides a detailed narrative of the Kat River Settlement in the Eastern Cape of South Africa during the nineteenth century.
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Language Description and Documentation
Languages spoken around the world differ vastly from the more familiar Indo-European languages. The courses in this theme aim to introduce you to the immense linguistic diversity still found in the world today.
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Aankondiging promotie van Joanka van der Laan (Groningen)
Promotie van Joanka van der Laan: "Enacting Devotion: Performative Religious Reading in the Low Countries (ca. 1470-1550)" Promotoren: Prof. dr. B.A.M. Ramakers en Prof. dr. S. Corbellini Plaats en datum: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 26 augustus, 16.15 Vanwege de coronamaatregelen is het aantal…
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From Gesture to Language
Like any language, the natural sign languages of deaf communities differ from each other in their grammars and lexicons. A growing number of studies indicates that sign languages make use of the gestures of hearing speakers to build linguistic structure. This implies that variation and similarities…
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Language policy and planning
From the smallest level of interaction among families and close friends, over the meso-level of schools, shops, churches, religious communities and companies, to the highest level of nation-states and international organisations: Language Policy and Planning (LPP) is everywhere!
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The state of STI and research funding flows in Africa
This project aims at providing a broad perspective of the state of Science Technology and Innovation (STI) in Africa with a focus on global funding flows, in order to inform research funders in the continent, in particular those participating in the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI). The project…
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times of duress: understanding communication and conflict in Middle Africa’s mobile margins
This research programme seeks to understand the dynamics in the relationship between social media, mobile telephony and the social fabric under duress in Africa's mobile margins. It combines studies on mobility/migration, conflict and communication in an attempt to uncover these new dynamics, which…
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Communicative Language Teaching in Georgia
The present investigation aims at exploring whether the instruction provided at secondary schools in the capital meets the requirements of Communicative Language Teaching and whether the aims of improving learners’ communicative proficiency are met.
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Government of Disasters: State Formation and Disaster Management In South Africa
In this book, Lydie Cabane examines the history of disaster management in South Africa.
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Sign languages and Deaf studies
At LUCL, researchers have established the Leiden Hands!Lab for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies.