1,366 search results for “language culture and worldviews” in the Student website
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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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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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Maarten JansenFaculty of Archaeology
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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.
- Borders Reimagined: Identity, Culture, and Justice in a Globalized World
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Alp YenenFaculty of Humanities
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Lustrum: 75 years English Language and Culture programme
Alumni event, Lustrum
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Eric StormFaculty of Humanities
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Students create creative language lessons for primary and secondary education: ‘Not enough attention paid to languages’
The earlier you introduce children to a language, the sooner they can be captivated by it and see that there is more than just Dutch and English. That is the basis for the language lessons for primary education that Alisa van de Haar, university lecturer of French, collaborated on. ‘Deans from different…
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Terence RenaudFaculty of Humanities
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Ben SchoenmakerFaculty 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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Marcello BonsangueFaculty of Science
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Paul van ElsFaculty of Humanities
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Joost GrootensFaculty of Humanities
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Anastasia ZhangFaculty 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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Sander HölsgensSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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for: research trainee for project on effect gender-inclusive language on language attitudes
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Nancy Kula: ‘Languages are very diverse’
Nancy Kula has been Professor of African Linguistics since 1 February. Now is a good time to hear more about her field of expertise and academic interests.
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Elmer VeldkampFaculty of Humanities
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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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The language of Russian propaganda
In 2014 Russia entered Ukraine and occupied Crimea, and about two and a half years ago it began a large-scale invasion. For Ukraine, it’s a war. But Russia calls it a ‘special military operation’. Word choices of this kind affect how people look at issues. A Dutch Research Council (NWO) project led…
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Enrico OdelliFaculty of Humanities
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Tirza CramwinckelFaculty of Law
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Robin OomkesFaculty of Humanities
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Student maps Chinese language variation
When Daan van Esch, master’s student in Chinese Studies, travelled through China last summer, he noticed that he often did not understand what the inhabitants of the different villages and cities were talking about. There turned out to be huge differences within the language. He decided to map this…
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Where does this Inca language come from? Verb conjugations should provide some answers
When university lecturer Martine Bruil was on exchange in Ecuador as a teenager, she fell in love with the area's ancient languages. Now, more than 20 years later, she is starting a research project on the kinship of the language Awapit with the Quechua language that was spread by the Incas.
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Arash MohammadavvaliFaculty of Humanities
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Ellen RavenFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs Porck wins Faculty Teaching Prize
Thijs Porck, teacher at English Language and Culture, has won the faculty teaching prize. He was lauded for his enthousiasm, his creative ways of teaching, and his commitment to his students.
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Elsa CharletySocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Nicky SchreuderFaculty of Archaeology
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Andrea RagragioSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Angelo RomanoSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Willem van WijkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Simon WillmettsFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Leonor Faber-JonkerAfrican Studies Centre
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Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
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Kiana ShahrasbiFaculty of Science
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Tom KouwenhovenFaculty of Science
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Stan van der BurghtFaculty of Humanities
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Patrick DegryseFaculty of Archaeology
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James McGrailSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Vacancy: Research-Assistant Data Management Humanities
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Yumeng WangFaculty of Science
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Maarten KossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Janet GrijzenhoutFaculty of Humanities