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• Politiques, Education et Identités Linguistiques, le collège des Frères des écoles chrétiennes de Jérusalem (1922-1939) Research output

  This dissertation sheds light on politics, education and linguistic identity by studying the case of the College of Jerusalem, founded by the Brothers of the Christian Schools.

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  Martijn Lemmen PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Arie Verhagen Professor emeritus Language, Culture, and Cognition

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Siavash Rafiee Rad University Lecturer Persian

  Faculty of Humanities

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  M. Y. Priscilla Lam PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Benjamin Storme Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Maarten Kossmann Professor of Berber Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Michaël Opgenhaffen University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Amos van Baalen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Michaël Peyrot Professor Comparative Indo-European Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Benjamin Suchard Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Janet Grijzenhout Professor English Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Martine Bruil University Lecturer

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  Yiya Chen Professor Phonetics

  Faculty of Humanities

• Royal distinction for linguist Ingrid Tieken News - 11 September 2020

  Professor of Sociohistorical Linguistics Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade was appointed Knight in the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands on 11 September in her home city of The Hague. Deputy Mayor Bert van Alphen presented her with the decoration.

• Languages of The Hague Research output

  Languages of The Hague is a collection of columns on languages and language which were published between 2016 and 2018 in the weekly newspaper Den Haag Centraal.

• Unknown 18th-century Dutch: language variation in private letters Research output

  How did common people write in the late eighteenth century? Little is yet known on this topic, since our knowledge is mainly based on printed texts written by a small part of the (male) elite population. This dissertation – written from a sociolinguistic point of view – gives us new insights into late-…

• The Tocharian subjunctive (2004-2010) Research output

  In this study, the formation of the Tocharian subjunctive is described, its use and meaning are analysed and its origins are investigated.

• A Web of Relations: A grammar of rGyalrong Jiăomùzú (Kyom-kyo) dialects Research output

  This dissertation is a comprehensive description of the Jiăomùzú dialects. These dialects belong to the Tibetan-Birmese language of the rGyalrong spoken in the province Sìchuā, China.

• The syntax of verbal pseudo-coordination in English and Afrikaans Research output

  This dissertation provides a systematic description of English and Afrikaans verbal pseudo-coordination and a formal analysis couched in the Minimalist program.

• Temporal Construals of Bare Predicates in Mandarin Chinese Research output

  This study presents the first systematic investigation and detailed theoretical analysis of the temporal interpretations of sentences with bare (aspectually unmarked) predicates in Mandarin.

• ‘The linguist’s work is by no means done’ News - 4 December 2017

  Brain research and statistics are advancing our understanding of language and language acquisition. Linguists are still essential, however, says Professor of Dutch Linguistics Sjef Barbiers. Inaugural lecture on 8 December.

• Leiden University agrees to guarantee open access for linguistics News - 26 October 2015

  Dutch universities involved in lingusitics research and teaching have been asked through the VSNU to provide financial guarantees for the transition of linguistics research to open access. The universities, including Leiden, have agreed.

• Word order and information structure in Makhuwa-Enahara Research output

  This dissertation investigates the grammar of Makhuwa-Enahara, a Bantu language spoken in the north of Mozambique. The information structure is an influential factor in this language, determining the word order and the use of special conjugations known as conjoint and disjoint verb forms.

• Yes/no question-marking in Italian dialects - A typological, theoretical and experimental approach Research output

  This dissertation provides an account of polar questions in Italian dialects from a typological, theoretical and empirical perspective.

• The Syntax of Object Marking in Sambaa: A comparative Bantu perspective Research output

  This thesis investigates the syntax of object marking in Sambaa and the Bantu languages in general, with particular focus on Swahili and Haya, as points of comparison.

• Resumptive Prolepsis. A Study in Indirect A'-Dependencies Research output

  This dissertation investigates A'-dependencies in Standard German, Zurich German and Dutch where the dislocated constituent is indirectly, i.e. not transformationally, related to the position where it is interpreted. The analysis is carried out within the Principles & Parameters framework.

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  Arend Quak Professor emeritus of Germanic and Historical Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Enrico Odelli Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tian Yang PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Xuan Tang PhD candidate / Contract

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Anikó Lipták Associate professor

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  Colin Ewen Professor emeritus of English Linguistics and Phonology

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Astrid Vandendaele Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jiaqi Wang PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Saskia Dunn PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Celebrating 50 years of African Languages and Linguistics in Leiden News - 7 September 2020

  Maarten Mous, Professor of African Linguistics at Leiden University, looks back on the 50th edition of the Colloquium of African Languages and Linguistics (CALL) and explains why this birthday was a celebration like no other.

• Multidisciplinary Approaches to Bilingualism in the Hispanic and Lusophone World Research output

  This volume offers a multidisciplinary view of cutting-edge research on bilingualism in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions, with the aim of building a bridge between sub-fields and approaches that often find themselves isolated from one another.

• The Non-Verbal Clause in Qumran Hebrew Research output

  The present study comprises a classification and analysis of the syntax of the non-verbal clause in Qumran Hebrew, i.e. the linguistic variety (or varieties) found in the so-called Dead Sea Scrolls. The corpus consists of the non-biblical texts written in Hebrew; biblical texts and texts written in…

• Going Dutch. The construction of Dutch in policy, practice and discourse (1750-1850) Research project

  The project Going Dutch investigates why the link between being or becoming Dutch, and knowledge of Standard Dutch is so often taken for granted in public discourse, by diving into its historical roots.

• In the Spotlight: Summer School in Languages and Linguistics News - 6 April 2021

  After having been cancelled in 2020, this year the Summer School in Languages and Linguistics is going online. From 12 – 23 July, language and linguistics enthusiasts from all over the world can once again learn about a variety of rare languages and linguistics topics. Director Sasha Lubotsky tells…

• Pluractionality in Hausa Research output

  This dissertation addresses the semantics of pluractional verbs in Hausa.

• Launch of the Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics News - 14 December 2016

  International scholarly publisher Brill has released the most complete and up-to-date reference work on the Chinese language available today. Prof.dr. Rint Sybesma oversaw the project as Editor-in-Chief.

• A Grammar of Ts'amakko Research output

  This dissertation presents the first full grammatical description of bago ts'amakkilo ('mouth of the Ts'amakko'), or simply Ts'amakko. It is a Cushitic language, spoken in Southwest Ethiopia and belongs to the Dullay cluster of Lowland East Cushitic. The number of speakers is about 10,000. The data…

• A history of East Baltic through language contact Research output

  On the 6th of July, Anthony Jakob successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Anthony on this achievement!

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  Olga Lundysheva PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Elisabeth Kerr PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tina Cambier-Langeveld Guest Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Matthew Sung PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jenneke van der Wal Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities