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Language, Education and Identity in Africa
On the 16th of September, Bert van Pinxteren successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Bert on this achievement!
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Personal experience narratives in three West African sign languages
On the 27th of February, Marta Morgado successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Marta on this achievement!
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Authorial or Scribal? Spelling Variation in the Hengwrt and Ellesmere Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales
This dissertation is an analysis of spelling variation in Hengwrt and Ellesmere manuscripts, two early texts of The Canterbury Tales.
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English as a Lingua Franca: Mutual Intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch and American speakers of English
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…
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A Grammar of Tagdal
On the 21st of September, Carlos Benítez-Torres successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Carlos on this achievement!
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Style Shifts in Japanese Honorifics: What, Why, When and How?
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.
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Projects
In our HANDS!Lab for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies, we run projects pertaining to sign language linguistics with a focus on Africa. In addition, we are running projects on sign language teaching, tactile signing, deaf people’s experiences with the legal system, and deaf history.
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Data sets
Data sets available for scientific/research purposes.
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Special sessions
Speech Prosody 2024 includes seven special sessions. When making a submission, authors are asked to indicate whether they want their paper to be considered for a special session. You can find descriptions of each below.
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Poetry, rhythm, and meter
Knowledge and culture subproject 4:
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Louise FriisFaculty of Humanities
l.s.friis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Olga KrasnoukhovaFaculty of Humanities
o.krasnoukhova@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Anik NandiFaculty of Humanities
a.nandi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Vincent van HeuvenFaculty of Humanities
v.j.j.p.van.heuven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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14 Veni grants awarded to Leiden researchers
Fourteen promising researchers from Leiden University have been given the opportunity to realise their research plans for the coming years thanks to a Veni grant from the NWO. This year, these subsidies have been granted to studies of the influence of noise on the great tit, the conditions necessary…
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Yitsz NeurinkFaculty of Humanities
y.m.c.a.neurink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Evelyn BosmaFaculty of Humanities
e.bosma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jin WangFaculty of Humanities
j.wang.46@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Yanan WangFaculty of Humanities
y.wang.10@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jian SunFaculty of Humanities
j.sun@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272125
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Niels SchillerFaculty of Humanities
n.o.schiller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Federico DragoniFaculty of Humanities
f.dragoni@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275325
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Laura MiglioriFaculty of Humanities
l.migliori@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272058
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Chams BernardFaculty of Humanities
c.b.a.s.bernard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jan-Bart GewaldAfrika-Studiecentrum
j.b.gewald@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273372
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Hendrik den HeijerFaculty of Humanities
h.j.den.heijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Abel WarriesFaculty of Humanities
a.r.warries@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ahmed Sosal Altayeb Mohammed AliFaculty of Humanities
a.sosal@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Mily CrevelsFaculty of Humanities
e.i.crevels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sjef BarbiersFaculty of Humanities
l.c.j.barbiers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271637
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Using an ERC grant to study languages with beans and millet
Japanologist and linguist Martine Robbeets is going to use her newly acquired ERC Consolidator Grant to study the origins and spread of Trans-Eurasian languages, which include Japanese and Turkish. With it, she’s tackling one of the most controversial subjects in language history.
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Dialects as the key to Japanese prehistory
Japanese was not always the language spoken in Japan. Researchers link the arrival of the language in Japan with the migration of farmers around 400 BC. Linguist Elisabeth de Boer has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant to carry out research on the further spread of the language in Japan.
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Etude d'une langue des signes émergente de Côte d'Ivoire: l'exemple de la Langue des Signes de Bouakako (LaSiBo)
On the 23rd of November, Angoua Tano succesfully defended his PhD-thesis and graduated. LUCL congratulates Tano on this great result.
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Verbal Derivation and Valency in Citumbuka
On the 11th of May, Jean Chavula succesfully defended her PhD-thesis and graduated. LUCL congratulates Jean on this great result.
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A History of Chocholtec Alphabetic Writing
On the 11th of October, Micheal Swanton succesfully defended his PhD-thesis and graduated. LUCL congratulates Micheal on this great result.
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Argument structure, alignment and auxiliaries between Latin and Romance
On the 8th of May, Laura Migliori succesfully defended her PhD-thesis and graduated. LUCL congratulates Laura on this great result.
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The development of the Biblical Hebrew vowels
On the 21st of September, Benjamin Suchard succesfully defended his PhD-thesis and graduated. LUCL congratulates Benjamin on this great result.
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Why Jesus and Job spoke bad Welsh: The origin and distribution of V2 orders in Middle Welsh
On the 21st of June, Marieke Meelen succesfully defended her PhD-thesis and graduated. LUCL congratulates Marieke on this great result.
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A grammar of Hamar, a South Omotic language of Ethiopia
On the 10th of November, Sara Petrollino succesfully defended her PhD-thesis and graduated. LUCL congratulates Sara on this great result.
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The production and perception of tonal variation
On the 10th of February, Qian Li succesfully defended her PhD-thesis and graduated. LUCL congratulates Qian on this great result.
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Language socialization in deaf families in Africa
Across cultures, parents help their children master the social and linguistic codes needed in adult life. Recent research on language socialization found important cross-cultural differences, pointing out the need for more diversity for a full understanding of this process. Deaf communities form…
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Previous SAILS Workshops
SAILS likes to occasionally organise workshops about topics that relate to our programme. On this page you can find more information about previous workshops.
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JEDI Fund 2025
On this page you will find more information about the selected projects of the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Fund for 2025.
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Opvattingen over aids in Theatre for Development: aidsvoorlichting in Noord Tanzania
On the 12th of December, Ria Huijgen-Koolen successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Ria on this achievement!
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Research
Labour law is constantly changing. Concurrently, the laws dealing with workers address fundamental issues which are invariably of major significance and value. The research carried out at the Department of Labour Law and Social Security focusses on both the (constant) changes in labour law and social…
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About the programme
The one-year History specialisation in Ancient History offers an attractive mix of theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
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Technology & Innovation
The Business, Technology & Public Policy research group of the Department of Business Sciences at Leiden University focuses on investigating the dynamic interaction between 'new' technologies and various stakeholders, including consumers, employees, and businesses. Our research delves into perceptions,…