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Language Diversity in the World Research project
This research profile area brings together descriptive, historical and theoretical linguistics, as well as psycho- and neurolinguistics.
Dutch Studies (MA)
The MA Neerlandistiek/Dutch Studies at Leiden University provides you with an international view on the Dutch language and culture. You will be able to study the full breadth of Dutch studies: from the Middle Ages to today.
Admission and application Linguistics (research) (MA)
Find out how to apply for Linguistics (research) at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.
Admission and application Linguistics (BA)
Do you want to apply for the bachelor’s programme Linguistics at Leiden University? Find out how to apply by following the step-by step guide below.
LUCL Assessment 2018 Centre for Linguistics
In early 2019, the QANU (Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities) published its Report on the Research Review of Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL). This review takes place every 6 years as part of the overall monitoring and safeguarding of research quality in the Netherlands.
The Tocharian Trek Research project
A linguistic reconstruction of the migration of the Tocharians from Europe to China
Niels Schiller Guest researcher
Faculty of Humanities
Jin Wang PhD candidate / contract
Faculty of Humanities
Laura Migliori Assistant Professor
Faculty of Humanities
Admission requirements Modern Languages (MA)
To be eligible for Modern Languages at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
Mily Crevels Guest researcher
Faculty of Humanities
Career prospects Modern Languages (MA)
We are Humanities Dossier
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Winged Words Research project
The prehistory of communication metaphors
Mission Institute for Area Studies
Area studies is an approach to knowledge that starts from the study of places in the human world from antiquity to the present, through the relevant source languages, with central regard for issues of positionality.
Required documents Linguistics (research) (MA)
When you apply for admission, you’ll be asked to submit several documents.
Small quantities and the mass-only puzzle Research project
This PhD project investigates the distribution and interpretation of quantity expressions in relation to the mass/count distinction cross-linguistically.
Student life Linguistics (BA)
Research output
Advancing the European Multilingual Experience Research project
The project Advancing The European Multilingual Experience (AThEME) studied multilingualism in Europe by incorporating and combining linguistic, cognitive and sociological perspectives.
Typological tendencies in verse and their cognitive grounding Research project
Knowledge and culture subproject 4:
Phonetics Lab Research facility
Experimental research
Hall of Fame 2024 Leiden's laureates
In 2024, many of our students and staff won great prizes and secured important research grants.
About ICEHL 21
The 21st International Conference on English Historical Linguistics will be held from 7 to 11 June 2021 at Leiden University.
Questions in context: The case of French wh-in-situ Research output
On the 4th of November, Aliza successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Aliza on this achievement!
The two sides of wh-indeterminates in Mandarin: A prosodic and processing account Research output
On May 30th, Yang Yang succesfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Yang on this great result.
Connecting conditionals: a corpus-based approach to conditional constructions in Dutch Research output
On the 26th of January, Alex Reuneker successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Alex on this achievement!
Grammaire du cuvok: langue tchadique centrale du Cameroun Research output
On the 16th of June, Ndokobai Dadak successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Ndokobai on this achievement!
The adoption of sound change Research output
On the 13th of October, Cesko Voeten successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Cesko on this achievement!
Traces of language contact: The Flores-Lembata languages in eastern Indonesia Research output
On the 13th of November, Hanna Fricke successfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Hanna on this achievement.
Indo-European origins of Anatolian morphology and semantics: innovations and archaisms in Hittite, Luwian and Lycian Research output
On the 12th of May, Stefan Norbruis successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Stefan on this achievement!
Spanish English contact in the Falkland Islands Research output
On the 14th of June, Yliana Rodriquez successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Yliana on this achievement!
Language, Education and Identity in Africa Research output
On the 16th of September, Bert van Pinxteren successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Bert on this achievement!
Online catalogue Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo
Authorial or Scribal? Spelling Variation in the Hengwrt and Ellesmere Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales Research output
This dissertation is an analysis of spelling variation in Hengwrt and Ellesmere manuscripts, two early texts of The Canterbury Tales.
English as a Lingua Franca: Mutual Intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch and American speakers of English Research output
The presents thesis investigates the extent to which Chinese, Dutch and American speakers of English are mutually intelligible. Intelligibility of vowels, simplex consonants and consonant clusters was tested in meaningless sound sequences, as well as in words in meaningless and meaningful short sent…
Extracurricular Translation (MA)
Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.
Style Shifts in Japanese Honorifics: What, Why, When and How? Research project
This PhD project investigates the different ways in which honorific forms are used in Japanese other than to express politeness, and how different factors affect perceptions about these uses.
A Grammar of Tagdal Research output
On the 21st of September, Carlos Benítez-Torres successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Carlos on this achievement!
Meet our staff Classics (MA)
Leiden Language Modeling Center
The LLMC is a Leiden-based centre of expertise that applies knowledge of language and AI to ensure the responsible, transparent and effective use of language models.
Journalism Studies Seminars Event
Analyse conceptuelle et traductibilité des termes de maladie dioula Research output
Ce livre est une étude pionnière portant sur l’analyse conceptuelle et la traductibilité des termes de maladie dioula jusqu’ici non abordées par les recherches antérieures. Le Dioula est une langue mandé parlée au Burkina Faso. L’étude présente les représentations de la santé, de la maladie et du corps…
Admission and Application Translation (MA)
Find out how to apply for Translation at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.
Primitives of Phonological Structure Research output
This book brings together phonologists working in different areas to explore key questions relating to phonological primitives, the basic building blocks that are at the heart of phonological structure and over which phonological computations are carried out.
Clause linkage in Ket Research output
This work provides a typologically oriented description of clause linkage strategies in Ket, a highly endangered language spoken in Central Siberia. It is now the only surviving member of the Yeniseian language family with the last remaining speakers residing in the north of Russia’s Krasnoyarsk pro…
Language Planning as Nation Building. Ideology, policy and implementation in the Netherlands, 1750–1850 Research output
The decades around 1800 constitute the seminal period of European nationalism. The linguistic corollary of this was the rise of standard language ideology, from Finland to Spain, and from Iceland to the Habsburg Empire. Amidst these international events, the case of Dutch in the Netherlands offers…
Xenophon: Anabasis Book III no. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics Research output
This is the first comprehensive commentary on a section of Xenophon's Anabasis in English for almost a century.
About Speech Prosody 2024 (SP2024)
Speech Prosody is the biennial meeting of the Speech Prosody Special Interest Group (SProSIG) of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA).
From Gesture to Language HANDS!Lab for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies
Like any language, the natural sign languages of deaf communities differ from each other in their grammars and lexicons. A growing number of studies indicates that sign languages make use of the gestures of hearing speakers to build linguistic structure. This implies that variation and similarities…