1,130 search results for “language and cultural of the world” in the Student website
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Discuss he consequences of Trump 2.0 for Europe, America and the world
Education
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How AI helps map sign languages
Like spoken languages, sign languages evolve organically and do not always have the same origin. This produces different ways of communication and annotation. Manolis Fragkiadakis wrote his PhD thesis on this.
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Tian YangFaculty of Humanities
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Mahmood YenkimalekiFaculty of Humanities
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Tingting HuiFaculty 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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Paz Gonzalez GonzalezFaculty of Humanities
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Zane Kripe
Faculty of Science
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Jelena ProkicFaculty of Humanities
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Yoonai HanFaculty of Humanities
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Surya SuryadiFaculty of Humanities
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Students: ‘We want to be the most sustainable university in the world’
The students from the Leiden University Green Office have big ambitions and have outlined their recommendations in a new Green Paper. Like being the most sustainable university in the world by 2030. Students Janey Franssen and Job Kemperman are two of the paper’s authors. How do they want to achieve…
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Suzan VerberneFaculty of Science
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Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation'
Victoria Nyst's love for sign language was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The university lecturer has since been awarded a Vici grant to research the history of these languages.
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Mitchell van VurenFaculty of Humanities
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Ilios WillemarsFaculty of Humanities
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Alette VonkFaculty of Humanities
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Sara PolakFaculty of Humanities
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Areti LeventiFaculty of Archaeology
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Turaj AtabakiFaculty of Humanities
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Merel BrüningFaculty of Archaeology
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
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Nina JaspersFaculty of Archaeology
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Erik KroonFaculty of Archaeology
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Marcello BonsangueFaculty of Science
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Paul van ElsFaculty of Humanities
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Elena PaskalevaFaculty of Humanities
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Simay CetinSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Elena BacchiniFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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New professor Alwin Kloekhorst: 'The origin of your language also says something about you'
Where does Dutch come from? Newly appointed Professor Alwin Kloekhorst looks for an answer to that question in millennia-old languages from Anatolia, the Asian part of present-day Turkey. 'A new interpretation in one of the Anatolian languages can have consequences for dozens of other languages.'
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Sander HölsgensSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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How do people best learn a language? 'It's incredible what you do when you talk'
According to Nivja de Jong, second language acquisition is 'the most fascinating subject in linguistics'. As a recently appointed professor of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, she studies the question of how best to teach people a new language.
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Elmer VeldkampFaculty of Humanities
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Lucien van BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Dennis BosFaculty of Humanities
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Language both connects and divides
Author and political scientist Mounir Samuel has spent recent years delving into the many ways that language can exclude people and bring them together.
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Bruno BraakFaculty of Law
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Sybille LammesFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan OuelletFaculty of Archaeology
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Edurne de WildeFaculty of Humanities
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Roberto ArcieroFaculty of Archaeology
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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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Kiana ShahrasbiFaculty of Science
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Stan van der BurghtFaculty of Humanities
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Tom KouwenhovenFaculty of Science
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for: research trainee for project on effect gender-inclusive language on language attitudes
Research
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Ellen RavenFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van AnrooijFaculty of Humanities
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Tim SandersFaculty of Humanities