1,377 search results for “gertjan language and culture” in the Staff website
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Students create creative language lessons for primary and secondary education: ‘Not enough attention paid to languages’
The earlier you introduce children to a language, the sooner they can be captivated by it and see that there is more than just Dutch and English. That is the basis for the language lessons for primary education that Alisa van de Haar, university lecturer of French, collaborated on. ‘Deans from different…
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European Day of Languages
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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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How seals point to an undocumented prehistoric language
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…
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Simay CetinSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Elena BacchiniFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Marcello BonsangueFaculty of Science
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Paul van ElsFaculty of Humanities
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Joost GrootensFaculty of Humanities
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Lunchtime Speaker Series: Between Logic, Language and Information: adventures in understanding large language models in hybrid settings
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The language of Russian propaganda
In 2014 Russia entered Ukraine and occupied Crimea, and about two and a half years ago it began a large-scale invasion. For Ukraine, it’s a war. But Russia calls it a ‘special military operation’. Word choices of this kind affect how people look at issues. A Dutch Research Council (NWO) project led…
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Sander HölsgensSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Sara BrandelleroFaculty of Humanities
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Elmer VeldkampFaculty of Humanities
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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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‘Stemmen van Afrika’ wins popularisation prize: 'Language is more than grammar'
The Voices of Africa platform is ten years old and has just recently won the annual popularisation prize of the Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics (LOT). High time for a chat with Jenneke van der Wal, Maarten Mous and Nina van der Vlugt about the importance of the platform and plans for the…
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Word by word, the first modern Japanese-Dutch dictionary is nearing completion
It was more than twenty years ago that the plan for a Japanese-Dutch dictionary was born. Now it contains over 65,000 words, and completion is tentatively coming into view. Dictionary makers Oscar Veltink and Hetty Geerdink-Verkoren talk about their enthusiasm for this decades-long mammoth task.
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Where does this Inca language come from? Verb conjugations should provide some answers
When university lecturer Martine Bruil was on exchange in Ecuador as a teenager, she fell in love with the area's ancient languages. Now, more than 20 years later, she is starting a research project on the kinship of the language Awapit with the Quechua language that was spread by the Incas.
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Bram IevenFaculty of Humanities
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Tim SandersFaculty of Humanities
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Ab de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van AnrooijFaculty of Humanities
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Mubarika NugraheniFaculty of Humanities
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Myra ArendsFaculty of Humanities
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Sander Bax: 'Literature doesn’t confine itself to national borders'
To truly understand Dutch literature, we have to look beyond borders. At least, that is the view of Sander Bax. From 1 August, he will be Professor of Contemporary Dutch Literature and Culture in a Transnational Dynamic.
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Arash MohammadavvaliFaculty of Humanities
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Ellen RavenFaculty of Humanities
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Reinier BaarsenFaculty of Humanities
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Elsa CharletySocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Nicky SchreuderFaculty of Archaeology
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Andrea RagragioSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Angelo RomanoSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Willem van WijkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Simon WillmettsFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Leonor Faber-JonkerAfrican Studies Centre
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Robin OomkesFaculty of Humanities
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Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
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Kiana ShahrasbiFaculty of Science
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Tom KouwenhovenFaculty of Science
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Stan van der BurghtFaculty of Humanities
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Patrick DegryseFaculty of Archaeology
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Dennis BosFaculty of Humanities
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James McGrailSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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European Day of Languages - Evening of Languages
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Yumeng WangFaculty of Science
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Maarten KossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Janet GrijzenhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Mert YazanFaculty of Science