627 search results for “dutch linguistics” in the Staff website
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Geert BooijFaculty of Humanities
- Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
- Chinese Linguistics in Leiden (ChiLL)
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Heleen SmitsAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Katja LubinaFaculty of Humanities
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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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Yaming ZhangFaculty of Humanities
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Bart AlewijnseFaculty of Humanities
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Frits KortlandtFaculty of Humanities
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Jos PacillyFaculty of Humanities
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Rita SpithoffFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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PhD research: Was there already Dutch-Dutch and Belgian-Dutch in the past?
What developments preceded modern Standard Dutch? PhD candidate Iris Van de Voorde conducted research on ‘pluricentricity’, or the idea that language norms arise in different places and spread outwards from there. PhD defence on 19 April.
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Sara PetrollinoFaculty of Humanities
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Marijn van PuttenFaculty of Humanities
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Chengqi YuFaculty of Humanities
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Teresa ProtoFaculty of Humanities
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Fokelien KootstraFaculty of Humanities
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Marcel IJsselstijnFaculteit Archeologie
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Carmen KleinherenbrinkFaculty of Humanities
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Carolien BoenderFaculty of Humanities
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Martijn DefiletFaculteit Archeologie
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Tommie van WanrooijFaculty of Humanities
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CLIN34 - Leiden 2024
Conference
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Vincent van HeuvenFaculty of Humanities
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Stephan RaaijmakersFaculty of Humanities
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Willem AdelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Linguistics alumna Anne-Mieke Thieme wint EFNIL-scriptieprijs
Good news for Linguistics alumna Anne-Mieke Thieme, who has won the thesis prize awarded by the European Federation of National Institutions for Language (EFNIL). ‘I emailed my thesis supervisor right away.’
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Philip PostFaculty of Humanities
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Willemijn HeerenFaculty of Humanities
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‘Computers can give linguists a push in the right direction’
For decades, linguists have racked their brains over the question of precisely how the syntax of various languages is different. PhD candidate Martin Kroon has developed a computer system that brings us closer to finding an answer. His PhD defence is on 10 November.
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Jiang WuFaculty of Humanities
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MODIFED: Morphosyntactic Dialect Feature Detection Workshop
Workshop
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The mechanism behind a friendly chat: 'Puzzle gets unravelled bit by bit'
A friendly chat is more complicated than you might think. As soon as the other person finishes talking, you already have an answer ready. But how do we know when it's time to change turns? University lecturer Johanneke Caspers has been awarded an NWO Open Competition grant to investigate the role of…
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The Linguistics Olympiad final is coming up soon: ‘The questions shouldn’t be too easy’
On Saturday 16 April, secondary school pupils will once again have a chance to sink their teeth into the hardest language-related questions during the final of the Linguistics Olympiad. Professor Sasha Lubotsky and PhD student Cid Swanenvleugel are both former Olympiad winners. Now they are involved…
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
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Erik OdegardFaculty of Humanities
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Olga NozdrachevaFaculty of Humanities
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Isaac WeiFaculty of Humanities
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Jill JefferyFaculty of Humanities
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Linguists: crimefighters extraordinaire
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time to people from within and without the University. In this first…
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From Gothic to OMG: the 21st conference on English historical linguistics comes to Leiden
The largest international conference on English historical linguistics is coming to Leiden. From 7 June to 11 June 2021, the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) organises the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL-21). Due to Covid measures, the conference takes…
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Nivja de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Marian KlamerFaculty of Humanities
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How the rise of AI is creating new opportunities for computational linguists
With the rise of AI, interest in computational linguistics and language models has taken flight. But machines are far from being able to go it alone. In her inaugural lecture, Professor Carole Tiberius will stress the importance of research on word combinations. ‘We know a great deal but there is a…
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Carole Tiberius appointed professor of Computational Linguistics: 'If you know how systems work, you can better assess their limitations'
ChatGPT, translation machines and bots: for Carole Tiberius, they are a piece of cake. On 1 January, she was appointed professor of Computational Linguistics. 'There ae two elements to the field: computer science and linguistics.'
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Bart van der BoomFaculty of Humanities
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Olf PraamstraFaculty of Humanities
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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
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Egbert Fortuin appointed professor of Russian Language and Linguistics: 'I am back'
On 1 August, Egbert Fortuin has been appointed Professor of Russian Language and Linguistics. After a five-year term as vice-dean of the Faculty Board, he is eager to fully devote himself to the study programme. His appointment can therefore be summarised in three words: 'I am back'.