506 search results for “comparative indo-european linguistics” in the Student website
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Jos RaadscheldersFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.c.n.raadschelders@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9400
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World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL): A conference like no other
The 10th edition of the World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL), hosted by Leiden University, will be held online from 7 – 12 June. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) researchers give us an insight into how important and special this event actually is.
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Multilingualism of Frisian children: Evelyn Bosma wins Keetje Hodshon Prize
Postdoc and linguist Evelyn Bosma receives the Keetje Hodshon Prize for her dissertation. For her research on the multilingualism of Frisian children, Bosma previously won the Klokhuis Science Prize and the Campus Fryslân Science Prize.
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Lecture by geneticist David Reich about the spread of the Indo-European languages
Lecture
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PhD candidate Camil Staps figured out what ‘out’ means
Words originally intended to indicate space, such as ‘out’, are also regularly used to indicate cause and effect. Why does this happen? And how does it work in other languages? PhD candidate Camil Staps decided to find out.
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Marijke van der WalFaculty of Humanities
m.j.van.der.wal@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Emi YamamotoFaculty of Humanities
e.yamamoto@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1565
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Stan van der BurghtFaculty of Humanities
c.l.van.der.burght@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mahmood YenkimalekiFaculty of Humanities
m.yenkimaleki@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sarah von Grebmer zu WolfsthurnFaculty of Humanities
s.von.grebmer.zu.wolfsthurn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Tim LamérisFaculty of Humanities
t.j.lameris@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5634
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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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Hannah KuhnFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
h.kuhn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Karline JanmaatFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
k.r.l.janmaat@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Willem ZwalveFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
w.j.zwalve@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7440
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Eva SchmidtFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
e.p.schmidt@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8070
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Rehana DoleFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
n.r.s.dole@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Brenda de GrootFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
b.de.groot@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Gerard BreemanFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
g.e.breeman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9373
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Miranda BooneFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.m.boone@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4907
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Ruben van UdenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
r.c.p.van.uden@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4992
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Lydie CabaneFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
l.d.cabane@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Zeeshan MansoorFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
z.mansoor@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1326
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Shawn DonnellyFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.w.donnelly@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Cécile PickFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.c.pick@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Tim EnweremFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
t.k.enwerem@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506
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José Baptista Alves LourençoFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.b.a.l.lourenco@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Gijsbert RuttenFaculty of Humanities
g.j.rutten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2112
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New professor Alwin Kloekhorst: 'The origin of your language also says something about you'
Where does Dutch come from? Newly appointed Professor Alwin Kloekhorst looks for an answer to that question in millennia-old languages from Anatolia, the Asian part of present-day Turkey. 'A new interpretation in one of the Anatolian languages can have consequences for dozens of other languages.'
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Maarten Mous: ‘Your language is part of the world’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. Professor of African Linguistics Maarten Mous explains the importance of hearing your language at school.
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Meike de Boer: ‘The word 'uh' can help track down suspects’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. PhD candidate Meike de Boer knows everything about the word ‘uh’.
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Talent for languages test: National Linguistics Olympiad puts language sense to the test for high school students
How would you convert Egyptian hieroglyphs into Latin script? And what is actually the correct translation of dishes on a Vietnamese menu? On Saturday 28 January, high school students from all over the Netherlands will come to Leiden to ponder a series of language-related puzzles. Their goal? To win…
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Digging for treasure in archives: what did spoken Scots sound like?
How did Scottish speakers sound hundreds of years ago? University lecturer Mo Gordon thinks the answer to that question can be found in church archives. 'It can be a boost to your identity to know the history of your language.'
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Alex Reuneker awarded Frans van Eemeren prize
University lecturer Alex Reuneker has won the Frans van Eemeren Prize for his paper 'Assessing classification reliability of conditionals in discourse'.
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How did Proto-Indo-European reach Asia?
Five thousand years before the common era (BCE), Proto-Indo-European, the mother of many languages that are spoken today in Europe, Central Asia and South Asia, originated in eastern Europe. PhD candidate Axel Palmér has combined a 175-year-old hypothesis with new techniques to demonstrate how descendants…
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Martine BruilFaculty of Humanities
m.bruil@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3340
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
m.westera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Santy KouwagamFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.u.kouwagam@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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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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How language reveals what you're really saying: 'Interesting if it's language-independent'
In a conversation, you provide all sorts of information to the listener. For example, you can indicate that you're certain about something, or that you heard it through someone else. Associate Professor Jenneke van der Wal has been awarded a Vici grant to investigate whether the way people do this is…
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Methods in Experimental Linguistics: Poster Session by MA students
Poster session
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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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Cattle, rather than geometric shapes, determine how the Hamar see the world
Sara Petrollino, a university lecturer in linguistics, strongly believes that language influences the way we see the world. An NWO Open Competition (XS) grant will enable her to test this hypothesis among the Ethiopian Hamar people. ‘The idea that everyone thinks in geometric shapes is culturally de…
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Alina KarakantaFaculty of Humanities
a.karakanta@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2978
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Henrike JansenFaculty of Humanities
h.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2131
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Dunja WackersScience
wackers@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5500
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S. ValdezFaculty of Humanities
s.valdez@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leticia Pablos RoblesFaculty of Humanities
l.pablos.robles@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2106
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Carmen KleinherenbrinkFaculty of Humanities
c.kleinherenbrink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Hannah De MulderFaculty of Humanities
h.n.m.de.mulder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7563