978 search results for “africa linguistics” in the Student website
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Honorary doctorate for Graça Machel: fund for female students from South Africa
On the occasion of the conferral of an honorary doctorate to children’s rights activist Graça Machel, a fund has been established that will enable two female students from South Africa to come and study in Leiden.
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Siavash Rafiee RadFaculty of Humanities
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Bert BotmaFaculty of Humanities
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Rishuai ChenAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
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Tycho van der HoogAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Marleen DekkerAfrika-Studiecentrum
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PhD candidate Camil Staps figured out what ‘out’ means
Words originally intended to indicate space, such as ‘out’, are also regularly used to indicate cause and effect. Why does this happen? And how does it work in other languages? PhD candidate Camil Staps decided to find out.
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Tim LamérisFaculty of Humanities
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Ingrid Tieken-Boon van OstadeFaculty of Humanities
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Aone van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
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to Environmental Tragedy: Grant for Research into Polluted Mines in Africa
At one time, the railway from Kimberley to Kambove in Southern Africa symbolised prosperity and progress. Today, the exhausted mining towns along its route are marked by decay and pollution. Professor Jan-Bart Gewald has been awarded an NWO L grant to investigate the long-term global consequences.
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opportunities – A wealth of learning about fair partnerships Between Leiden and Africa
A whole week was dedicated to fair partnerships and equitable exchange in Leiden-African education and research
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Caroline ArchambaultFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Nada HeddaneFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Political elites and regime change in the Middle East and North Africa: accommodation or exclusion?
Political scientist Kevin Köhler (Leiden University) has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This prestigious grant enables him to set up a research group in the coming five years. Köhler and his team will examine how elite conflict affects processes of regime change…
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Andrew Gawthorpe on BBC about Donald Trump’s plan to exclude South Africa from the G20: ‘Unlikely’
University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe commented on the BBC regarding Donald Trump’s plans to exclude South Africa from the G20.
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Maarten van LeeuwenFaculty of Humanities
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Niels SchoubbenFaculty of Humanities
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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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Denied Justice: Double Jeopardy for Children in Conflict Situations in Africa’.
New Report Launched by ACPF with the support of the Department of Child Law and Health Law
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth KanisAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Yiya ChenFaculty of Humanities
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Dutch radio about the effects of the Russia-Ukraine grain agreement on Africa
Economic Anthropologist Erik Bähre talks on the Dutch News Radio Channel BNR about the effects of the Russia-Ukraine grain agreement for African countries.
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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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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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Azeb AmhaAfrika-Studiecentrum
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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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Johanneke CaspersFaculty 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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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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Alina KarakantaFaculty of Humanities
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Peter PelsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nadia SonneveldFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Time Talks: Temporality Across Disciplines
Lecture, YAL & Studium Generale
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Ayokunu AdedokunFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Timo McGregorFaculty of Humanities
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Metje Postma
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Emmanuelle RadarFaculty of Humanities
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Alette VonkFaculty of Humanities
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Igor BoogFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Susana ValdezFaculty of Humanities
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Hossam AhmedFaculty of Humanities
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Carmen KleinherenbrinkFaculty of Humanities
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Egbert FortuinFaculty of Humanities
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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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Natasja DelbarFaculty of Humanities
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Eduardo Alves VieiraFaculty of Humanities
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Alisa van de Haar: ‘People with linguistic skills have always played a very important role in society’
Who was professionally involved in language between 1550 and 1650? And what were the financial returns of this language sector? Assistant Professor Alisa van de Haar has received an ERC Starting Grant to map out the situation in Northwest Europe between 1550 and 1650.