641 search results for “dutch linguistics” in the Staff website
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Alwin Kloekhorst
Faculty of Humanities
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Nick Tomberge
Faculty of Humanities
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Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) of Dutch Universities
The terms of employment of university employees are set out in the CAO of Dutch Universities.
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Victor Posthuma
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jelle Plesman
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Tijmen Pronk
Faculty of Humanities
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Felix Ameka
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Turan Hanci
Faculty of Humanities
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Gerhard de Kok
Faculty of Humanities
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Annemieke Verbaas
Faculteit Archeologie
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Leonor Alvarez Francés
Faculty of Humanities
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Gerrit van Uitert
Faculty of Humanities
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Tinde van Andel
Science
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Paul Hoftijzer
Faculty of Humanities
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Beatriz Santiago Belmonte
Faculty of Humanities
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Peggy Bracco Gartner
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hans-Martien ten Napel
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ruud Koole
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tristan Mostert
Faculty of Humanities
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Jenny Doetjes investigates 'How much' with NWO Open Competition grant
Professor Jenny Doetjes has received an NWO grant to research the cross-linguistic properties of quantity expressions and our brain's influence on language.
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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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Jesse Wichers Schreur
Faculty of Humanities
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Culturally responsive teaching in Dutch multicultural secondary schools
PhD defence
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What influence did French really have on Dutch?
Just as some people today dislike English influences on the Dutch language, in early modern times people also criticised the Frenchification of Dutch. But to what extent did French actually leave its mark in our language? PhD student Brenda Assendelft made a surprising discovery. PhD defence 24 May.
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Social media
Social media is a good way to meet others or to hear about the latest news and developments. It is an excellent way to tell people about what you are doing and to hear what they are up to too. But social media also has its downsides: disinformation, trolling, disrespectful comments and even the misuse…
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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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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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Camil Staps
Faculty of Humanities
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Emi Yamamoto
Faculty of Humanities
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Carmen Sylvia Spiers
Faculty of Humanities
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Tim Laméris
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonid Kulikov
Faculty of Humanities
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Sarah von Grebmer zu Wolfsthurn
Faculty of Humanities
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Jos Schaeken
Faculty of Humanities
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Mahmood Yenkimaleki
Faculty of Humanities
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Marijke van der Wal
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Felix Ameka: ‘Multilingualism is the answer to many problems’
A new challenge for Felix Ameka. The senior lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics has been appointed professor by special appointment of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World. ‘I am looking forward to promoting ethnolinguistic diversity and vitality.’
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Esther Op de Beek
Faculty of Humanities
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The use of language analyses in Dutch citizenship procedures from a legal and ethical perspective
Lecture, This Time For Africa! series
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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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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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Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) of Dutch Universities
The terms of employment of university employees are set out in the CAO of Dutch Universities.
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Axel Palmér
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Meel
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Masterclass: The Lores of Flatbush: Dutch Storytelling in Colonial North America
Lecture, Histories Connected: Masterclass