394 search results for “austronesian languages and linguistics” in the Staff website
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Turan Hanci
Faculty of Humanities
t.hanci@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7882
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Gea Hakker: ‘We aim to be the gold standard of language learning’
The Academic Language Centre (ATC) is one of the cornerstones of Leiden University. Director Gea Hakker explains how this organisation is providing quality (online) language courses and meeting new demands.
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Joost Grootens
Faculty of Humanities
j.grootens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Tom Kouwenhoven
Science
t.kouwenhoven@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4799
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Jenny Doetjes investigates 'How much' with NWO Open Competition grant
Professor Jenny Doetjes has received an NWO grant to research the cross-linguistic properties of quantity expressions and our brain's influence on language.
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What does it actually say? Linguist launches video series on wall poems
The city centre of Leiden is covered in them: wall poems. When roaming around, you come across poetry written in the Latin alphabet, but also in scripts that might be more difficult to understand for the average person living in Leiden. In a new series of videos, Tijmen Pronk talks more about this.
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Tim Laméris
Faculty of Humanities
t.j.lameris@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5634
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Camil Staps
Faculty of Humanities
c.staps@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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International Mother Language Day 2024: 'It's time to celebrate our languages'
On Wednesday, 21 February, a diverse group of students, staff, and representatives from 21 embassies gathered in The Hague for International Mother Language Day. Under the banner of 'a bit of fun and many serious topics,' language took centre stage.
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Language as a weapon: alumna Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for the government commissioner on sexual violence
It is one of the most talked-about subjects right now: how do we eradicate sexual harassment and violence? Alumnus Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for Mariëtte Hamer, the government commissioner tasked with tackling this persistent social problem. Eisma studied the Dutch language at Leiden. How is her…
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Linguistic atlases, and dialect maps
Workshop Series
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Koen de Ceuster
Faculty of Humanities
k.de.ceuster@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Paul Smith
Faculty of Humanities
p.j.smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Julia Szirmai
Faculty of Humanities
j.c.szirmai@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Paul Hoftijzer
Faculty of Humanities
p.g.hoftijzer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marcello Bonsangue
Science
m.m.bonsangue@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7095
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Six top rated programmes at humanities
The bachelor programmes German Language and Culture, Classics, Dutch Language and Culture, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Religious studies and Linguistics have received the predicate top rated programme from the Keuzegids.
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Multilingualism in young children is a good thing: 'Languages support each other'
During Leiden City of Science 2022, Janet Grijzenhout and Hannah De Mulder will put multilingualism in the spotlight by organising multilingual storytelling afternoons. They hope to show parents that raising children multilingually is achievable as well as beneficial.
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How Cicero’s ruined reputation can be a lesson for politicians today
Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero is still used as an intellectual example by politicians and speech writers today. But, he did not go unchallenged in his own day, as a statesman in particular. Classicist Leanne Jansen conducted research into how classical historians judged Cicero’s…
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Programme innovation at Dutch Language and Culture
In 2018, the undergraduate programme Dutch Language and Culture embarked on sweeping programme innovations to educate its students ‘in a way that focusses more on the challenges of Dutch Studies in a 21st century society’. What does this entail and what was the approach? Esther Op de Beek, university…
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PhD candidate Alex Reuneker’s research: What do we mean when we use ‘if’?
‘If it rains later, then I’ll take the car.’ In order to reason, we use sentences containing ‘if’ every single day. But how does that work exactly in the Dutch language? Alex Reuneker wrote his 628 page dissertation on the subject. Ceremony on 26 January.
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Researchers debunk earlier study: babies may not be able to learn language rules after all
For two decades, language experts were certain that babies were able to learn language rules from as young as the age of seven months. However, recent research carried out by a consortium of four Dutch baby labs led by researchers from Leiden cast doubts on this certainty. We spoke to researchers Andreea…
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Crossing the divide: learning about language policies and practices around the world
During the past year online meetings and lectures have become a firm feature of university life. One of the highlights of the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics’ online activities has been the online seminar series ‘Language policy and practices in the Global North and South’ organised by guest…
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Series: Beyond Discourse: An Introduction to Conversation Analysis in Linguistics Research and Elsewhere
Lecture
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Language policy: support and resources for learning Dutch
Organisation
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Three questions about delayed language development in children
Around seven per cent of children have difficulty learning their mother tongue because they have some form of developmental language disorder (DLD). World DLD Day on 15 October called attention to this disorder. Development psychologist Neeltje van den Bedem explains why this is important.
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Maria del Carmen Parafita Couto: ‘I have to speak to my cats in Galician’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. University lecturer Maria Del Carmen Parafita Couto speaks about bilingualism.
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‘Citizens should be able to rely on information provided by Tax and Customs Administration’
Information provided by the Tax and Customs Administration is something that concerns every citizen. So it is not surprising that the Tax hotline receives around 10 million calls each year. The Benefits Affair emphasised the citizen’s perspective in communications with the Tax and Customs Administration.…
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…
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Lucien van Beek receives LUF grant: 'It is a great feeling to be able to work on my ideas'
University lecturer Lucien van Beek has been awarded a LUF Praesidium Libertatis Grant. He will use the sum of 75,000 euros to research the thinking of people in ancient and prehistoric times. To do that, he will look for unusual or striking metaphors in the earliest Indo-European languages.
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Opposing the French participle clause
The Dutch phrase ‘ijs en weder dienende’ (literally, ‘ice and weather serving’) is a good example of what is known as a participle clause and is perhaps one of the most unfathomable grammatical constructions in Dutch. For what (or who) is serving whom (or what)? It actually means ‘ice and weather permitting’.…
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What is citizenship? Classical Languages help find the answer
A European project should help reinvigorate Latin teaching in secondary schools. 'By focusing on citizenship, we want to show that Latin is relevant to discussions about citizenship and migration.'
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Felix Ameka: ‘Multilingualism is the answer to many problems’
A new challenge for Felix Ameka. The senior lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics has been appointed professor by special appointment of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World. ‘I am looking forward to promoting ethnolinguistic diversity and vitality.’
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Alina Karakanta
Faculty of Humanities
a.karakanta@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2978
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Henrike Jansen
Faculty of Humanities
h.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2131
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Dunja Wackers
Science
wackers@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5500
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S. Valdez
Faculty of Humanities
s.valdez@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Lettie Dorst
Faculty of Humanities
a.g.dorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3026
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SAILS Workshop: AI and LLMs: Keeping the Linguist in the Loop
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Yumeng Wang
Science
y.wang@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Judith Bosnak
Faculty of Humanities
j.e.bosnak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Pablo Isla Monsalve
Faculty of Humanities
p.a.isla.monsalve@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2061
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Olf Praamstra
Faculty of Humanities
o.j.praamstra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Johannes Müller
Faculty of Humanities
j.m.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2193
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Göran Sundholm
Faculty of Humanities
b.g.sundholm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Stéphane Térosier
Faculty of Humanities
s.d.terosier@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2175
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Geert Warnar
Faculty of Humanities
g.warnar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2158
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Mert Yazan
Science
m.yazan@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ronny Boogaart
Faculty of Humanities
r.j.u.boogaart@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2120
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Neeltje van den Bedem
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
n.p.van.den.bedem@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727