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After graduation Linguistics (BA)
Once you have obtained your bachelor’s degree, you will be ready for a next step: continuing your studies or entering the job market. Completing the Linguistics bachelor’s programme will give you an excellent preparation for both options.
Research Centre for Indigenous Americas Studies
Research framework CIAS
Does the human brain process angry voices automatically? Research project
Using brain imaging to discover the area in the brain that recognizes emotion.
Why Leiden University Linguistics (research) (MA)
Leiden University offers ambitious students the latest knowledge and the freedom to develop their own area of expertise.
Signs on Paper: Unlocking the Histories of Sign Languages with AI Research project
This PhD project investigates how automatic sign language recognition technology can be further developed to analyse static images and textual descriptions of signs.
reproduction of hate speech and its unregulated end: lessons from cognitive pragmatics and argumentation theory Event - 4 November 2024
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
Alex Reuneker Assistant professor
Faculty of Humanities
How seals point to an undocumented prehistoric language News - 3 July 2023
Language can be a time machine: we can learn from ancient texts how our ancestors interacted with the world around them. But can language also teach us something about people whose language has been lost? PhD candidate Anthony Jakob investigated whether the languages of prehistoric populations left…
Lab facilities Centre for Linguistics
The LUCL Labs consist of four spaces equipped to conduct high-quality experimental linguistic research.
Zoonímia Histórico-comparativa: Denominações dos antílopes em bantu Research output
On the 26th of February, Joane de Lima Santiago successfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Joane on this achievement.
Pre-master's programme Linguistics (specialisation) (MA)
The pre-master's is a bridging programme for students who have applied for the MA Linguistics, but who, according to the Board of Admissions, still have deficiencies in their educational background. Once you have completed the pre-master’s programme, you will be admitted to the relevant specialization…
Language Policy and Planning of Amazigh Languages in Morocco Event - 6 January 2026
PhD defence
Language as a time machine News - 6 February 2015
About 90 per cent of Austronesian and Papuan languages are under threat of soon becoming extinct. Marian Klamer is the only professor in the world who researches both these language groups. She records languages before they disappear and sheds new light on the history of Indonesia. Inaugural lecture…
Plural Gender: Behavioral evidence for plural as a value of Cushitic gender with reference to Konso Research output
On July 5th, Mulugeta Tarekegne Tsegaye succesfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Mulugeta on this great result.
Consonant and lexical tone interaction: Evidence from two Chinese dialects Research output
On the 4th of June, Menghui Shi successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Menghui Shi on this achievement!
Experiments on the Modular Nature of Word and Sentence Phonology in Chinese Broca's Patients Research output
This book investigates the effects of brain lesions in the left hemisphere, specifically Broca's area, on the production and perception of vowels, of word tones and of the linguistic use of sentence melody.
A Grammar of Mankanya Research output
On the 5th of November, Timothy Gaved successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Timothy on this achievement!
Old Armenian Nasal Verbs: Archaisms and Innovations Research output
On May 2nd, Petr Kocharov succesfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Petr on this great result.
Instrumentos musicais nas línguas bantu e a herança no português do Brasil Research output
On the 25th of September, Alzenir Mendes Martins de Menezes successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Alzenir on this achievement!
A Featural Typology of Bantu Agreement Research output
This book explores the fascinating microvariation in Bantu languages and proposes a new syntactic analysis of subject and object agreement crosslinguistically. This book is open access!
Divine Fertility: Practices, Materiality and Sacred Landscapes in the Horn of Africa Research project
This project examines the notion of sacred fertility and sacred landscapes, associated rituals and material culture, both archaeological and ethnographic manifestations in the Horn of Africa.
Liko Phonology and Grammar. A Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Research output
This thesis presents a detailed description of the phonology, the tone system and the grammar of Liko, a Bantu language spoken by about 70,000 people in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It provides numerous examples.
Malayic varieties of Kelantan and Terengganu Research output
On the 28th of September, Jiang Wu successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Jiang on this achievement!
An Introduction to Tarifiyt Berber (Nador, Morocco) Research output
This book provides a grammatical sketch, glossed texts and a glossary of Tarifiyt Berber, which is the main heritage language of the Moroccan community in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
Tapping into Semantic Recovery Research output
On May 31st, Bobby Ruijgrok succesfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Bobby on this great result.
Setting the standard: norms and usage in Early and Late Modern Dutch (1550-1850) Research output
On the 2nd of April, Eline Lismont successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Eline on this achievement!
Translation Café Event
Yě yě yě - on the syntax and semantics of Mandarin yě Research output
Zhaole Yang defended his thesis on 25 June 2020.
Language Ideologies: Old Questions, New Perspectives' Research output
The Special Issue of the European Journal of Applied Linguistics on ‘Language Ideologies: Old Questions, New Perspectives’ aims to offer diverse insights on language ideologies with a focus on methodological and theoretical questions.
Non-Canonical Gender Systems Research output
This book explores the boundaries of the category of gender and their theoretical significance within the framework of Canonical Typology.
All structures great and small: on copular sentences with shì in Mandarin Research output
On the 2nd of September, Hang Cheng successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Hang on this achievement!
About Centre for the Study of Religion
The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR) is part of the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS).
Large Language Models Research output
An in-depth history of Large Language Models—and what their ubiquity, disruption, and creativity mean from a wider sociopolitical perspective.
A Surplus of Meaning: The Intent of Irregularity in Vedic Poetry Research output
This dissertation focuses on irregular patterns in Vedic Grammar and Poetry.
Towards the automatic detection of syntactic differences Research output
On the 10th of November, Martin Kroon successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Martin on this achievement!
Morphological encoding of Mandarin Chinese: evidence from Chinese disyllabic compound words Research output
On the 2nd of July, Jiaqi Wang successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Jiaqi on this achievement!
Gewijd der Jeugd voor taal en deugd: Het onderwijs in de Nederlandse taal op de lagere school, 1750-1850 Research output
On December 6th, Bob Schoemaker succesfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Bob on this great result.
Polysémie et structuration du lexique: le cas du wolof Research output
Emphasizing on the key role of polysemy in forming the lexicon is the main goal to be achieved in this dissertation paper. The paper suggests a qualitative evaluation of polysemy in comparing it with other relations that form the lexicon. The research confirms that the polysemic links must not be modeled…
Interactional sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics and Discourse studies
How do social and political developments influence the process of meaning-making in different parts of the world? Why is a particular discourse interpreted in numerous ways depending on the context it is produced and propagated? And how are culture, politics, history, and language intertwined?
The Acquisition of English Vowels by Javanese and Sundanese Native Speakers Research output
On February 19th, Arum Perwitasari succesfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Arum on this great result.
Language policy and planning Sociolinguistics and Discourse studies
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!
A Grammatical Description of Schiwiar Research output
On the 29th of June, Martin Kohlberger successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Martin on this achievement!
Pluricentriciteit in de taalgeschiedenis Research output
On the 19th of April, Iris van de Voorde successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Iris on this achievement!
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The morpho-syntax of aspect in Xiāng Chinese Research output
Lu, Man defended his thesis on 28 September 2017.
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Toward an Intercultural Natural History of Brazil Research output
The Historia Naturalis Brasiliae Reconsidered
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Phrasal alternation in Kerinci Research output
On May 23rd, Ernanda succesfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Ernanda on this great result.