2,763 search results for “arabic language and linguistics” in the Public website
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About the programme
Learn the newest insights from established scholars.
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Learning Russian as a second language through allusive (precedential) phrases: corpus-based study
When literature, cultural aspects, and data-driven language learning meet in a classroom.
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Chengqi Yu
Faculty of Humanities
c.yu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Teresa Proto
Faculty of Humanities
t.proto@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Natasja Delbar
Faculty of Humanities
n.a.delbar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Carmen Kleinherenbrink
Faculty of Humanities
c.kleinherenbrink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Mochica: grammatical topics and external relations
On the 12th of May, Rita Barrera Virhuez-Eloranta successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Rita Barrera Virhuez-Eloranta on this achievement.
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Earlier editions
The Summer School in Languages and Linguistics has been a regular event on the Leiden Centre for Linguistics calendar for over 14 years.
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The Syntax of Object Marking in Sambaa: A comparative Bantu perspective
This thesis investigates the syntax of object marking in Sambaa and the Bantu languages in general, with particular focus on Swahili and Haya, as points of comparison.
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‘Man's empathy comes from language and stories’
Man is nature's mind-reading champion: we are better able than any other living beings to empathise with others. This comes in part from our story-telling culture, according to Max van Duijn. PhD defence 20 April.
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Greek-Dutch dictionary project
Lexicographical description of Greek; production of Greek-Dutch dictionary
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Descendants and Ancestors: A study of Arabic inscriptions from the Arabian Peninsula (1st-4th c. AH/7th-10th c. CE)
On the 20th of October Abdullah Alhatlani successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Harry Stroomer
Faculty of Humanities
h.j.stroomer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Word order and information structure in Makhuwa-Enahara
This dissertation investigates the grammar of Makhuwa-Enahara, a Bantu language spoken in the north of Mozambique. The information structure is an influential factor in this language, determining the word order and the use of special conjugations known as conjoint and disjoint verb forms.
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MODIFED: Morphosyntactic Dialect Feature Detection Workshop
Workshop
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About GTGC: In Other Languages
Interested in our GTGC programme? Read more here in other languages.
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Learning a language is a staggering task
To properly understand how babies absorb a language we need to study the process from a number of different perspectives, linguist Claartje Levelt argues. She accepts her appointment as Professor of Language Acquisition on 27 March with an inaugural lecture entitled ‘Language in its infancy’.
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Career prospects
As a graduate of the MA Linguistics, with a specialisation in Linguistics, you will have developed a range of analytical and problem-solving skills that can be applied to many careers, in growing areas like speech technology, artificial intelligence, education, language documentation, language policy,…
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Thijs Porck
Faculty of Humanities
m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1611
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Urban Sociolinguistics
From Los Angeles to Tokyo, Urban Sociolinguistics is a sociolinguistic study of twelve urban settings around the world.
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Languages of Resistance, Transformation, and Futurity in Mediterranean Crisis-Scapes
From Crisis to Critique
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Arabic book design: slow progression
Since the end of the nineteenth century Arabic book designers have influenced the social and cultural situation in the Middle East with their work. Huda Smitshuijzen Abi-Farès has written the first global overview of this neglected field of science. PhD defence 10 January.
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Liko Phonology and Grammar. A Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This thesis presents a detailed description of the phonology, the tone system and the grammar of Liko, a Bantu language spoken by about 70,000 people in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It provides numerous examples.
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‘Kindersprache, Aphasie und allgemeine Lautgesetze’ revisited
The current project aims to revive the idea that sound inventories are structured according to a small set of universal principles by applying insights from current phonological theory and by making use of modern database technologies and data assessing methodologies.
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From Gothic to OMG: the 21st conference on English historical linguistics comes to Leiden
The largest international conference on English historical linguistics is coming to Leiden. From 7 June to 11 June 2021, the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) organises the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL-21). Due to Covid measures, the conference takes…
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Walikan Malangan: Structure and development of a Javanese reversed language
On the 24th of October, Nurenzia Yannuar successfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Nurenzia on this achievement.
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Tina Cambier-Langeveld
Faculty of Humanities
g.m.cambier@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Matthew Sung
Faculty of Humanities
h.w.m.sung@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Martin Kroon
Faculty of Humanities
m.s.kroon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Matthijs Westera
Faculty of Humanities
m.westera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sasha Lubotsky
Faculty of Humanities
a.m.lubotsky@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Languages of Islam and Christianity: Institutional Discourses, Community Strategies and Missionary Rhetoric
On February 20th, Gulnaz Sibgatullina succesfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Gulnaz on this great result.
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Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
Faculty of Humanities
i.m.tieken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Carmen Sylvia Spiers
Faculty of Humanities
c.s.spiers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Leonid Kulikov
Faculty of Humanities
l.kulikov@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sarah von Grebmer zu Wolfsthurn
Faculty of Humanities
s.von.grebmer.zu.wolfsthurn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Jos Schaeken
Faculty of Humanities
j.schaeken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2077
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Mahmood Yenkimaleki
Faculty of Humanities
m.yenkimaleki@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Philosophy in World Traditions (MA)
This master’s programme combines advanced levels of philosophical analysis with the study of non-Western sources, in particular Chinese, Indian, and Arabic sources.
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Ans de Rooij-van Broekhuizen
Faculty of Humanities
a.m.de.rooij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2597
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Jelle Bruning
Faculty of Humanities
j.bruning@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1396
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Quality assurance at the Academic Language Centre
The high standards set by the Academic Language Centre are attested by the following quality labels and memberships.
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Cuban and Samaná Haitian Creole as windows on creole genesis
This project aims at documenting the Haitian Creole varieties spoken by Haitian migrants in Cuba and the Dominican Republic’s Samaná Peninsula.
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Policy versus Practice. Language variation and change in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Dutch
On December 12th, Andreas Krogull succesfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Andreas on this great result.
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Basic Qualification Language Proficiency English (BKE)
Leiden University has introduced the training program for the Basic Qualification in Education (BKO). This is mandatory and has been made available for (university) teachers and professors to obtain a BKO certificate, depending on the timing, scope, and duration of their employment.
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A Grammar of Logba (Ikpana)
This book presents a comprehensive description of the grammar of Logba, one of the fourteen Ghana-Togo Mountain (GTM) languages spoken by approximately 7,500 speakers on the South-Eastern frontier of the Ghana-Togo border. It is the outcome of fifteen months research in Logba speaking communities.
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Towards a Grammar of Benchnon
This dissertation for the first time provides a detailed description of Benchnon, a language spoken by approximately 200.000 people in Southwest Ethiopia.
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A Grammar of Ts'amakko
This dissertation presents the first full grammatical description of bago ts'amakkilo ('mouth of the Ts'amakko'), or simply Ts'amakko. It is a Cushitic language, spoken in Southwest Ethiopia and belongs to the Dullay cluster of Lowland East Cushitic. The number of speakers is about 10,000. The data…