1,003 search results for “northwest semitic languages” in the Public website
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Manolis FragkiadakisFaculty of Humanities
m.fragkiadakis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ae Ree NamFaculty of Humanities
a.r.nam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6415
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the hands of signers: modeling spread and change in historical sign language linguistics
The history of sign languages of deaf people is severely understudied. The historical linguistics of sign languages offers a fundamentally new perspective on the history of human languages. This project addresses the dearth of knowledge about historical sign language linguistics through a large-scale…
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Language Planning as Nation Building. Ideology, policy and implementation in the Netherlands, 1750–1850
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…
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the hands of signers: modeling spread and change in historical sign language linguistics
How do sign languages change and spread over time, and how is this influenced by their transmission history?
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Digital tools for sign language research: towards recognition and comparison of lexical signs
On the 9th of April, Manolis Fragkiadakis successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Manolis on this achievement!
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Variation and change in Abui: The impact of Alor Malay on an indigenous language of Indonesia
On the 23rd of September, George Saad successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates George on this achievement!
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Current Visions of TAML2 (Tense, Aspect and Modality in Second Languages)
This is a Special Issue of the peer-reviewed 'Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics (DuJAL)’, which focuses on promoting Dutch and Belgian work in applied linguistics among an international audience, but also welcomes contributions from other countries.
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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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A Grammar of Mualang: An Ibanic Language of Western Kalimantan, Indonesia
This study presents a full descriptive account of the grammar of Mualang, covering the major features of phonology and morphosyntax as well as issues related to pragmatics.
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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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South American population history revisited: multidisciplinary perspectives on the Upper Amazon
This project, South American population history revisited: multidisciplinary perspectives on the Upper Amazon (SAPPHIRE), investigates population dynamics in western South America on the basis of traces in the geographical, genetic, archaeological, ethnological, and linguistic record.
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Pardon my French? Dutch-French Language Contact in The Netherlands, 1500-1900
The main aim of this project is to provide a full analysis of the actual influence of French on Dutch in The Netherlands during the period of 1500 - 1900.
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Language gets people talking
Studying languages enables you to unearth a lot of valuable information about humans: it reveals our history and explains cultural differences and it even illustrates the process of learning new information. The University is sharing its knowledge of and passion for languages in various new ways, including…
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Signs on Paper: Unlocking the Histories of Sign Languages with AI
This PhD project investigates how automatic sign language recognition technology can be further developed to analyse static images and textual descriptions of signs.
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Signs on Paper: Unlocking the Histories of Sign Languages with AI
This PhD project investigates how automatic sign language recognition technology can be further developed to analyse static images and textual descriptions of signs.
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stop sounds at the intersection of phonetics, phonology, language variation and language change
A project on phonology, phonetics, and the space between them.
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Prescription and Tradition in Language: Establishing Standards across Time and Space
This book contextualises case studies across a wide variety of languages and cultures, crystallising key interrelationships between linguistic standardisation and prescriptivism, and between ideas and practices. It focuses on different traditions of standardisation and prescription throughout the world…
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The prehistoric origin and spread of the Indo-Iranian languages
A linguistic test of hypotheses rooted in genetics and archaeology.
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Cattle-talk: the language of colour among East African pastoralists
What categories exist in the languages of pastoralists? Do these semantic concepts reflect universal or languagespecific tendencies? What (environment? culture?) governs the similarities (or the differences) attested crosslinguistically in cattle colour systems?
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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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A grammar of Ik (Icetod) Northeast Uganda’s last thriving Kuliak language
This study offers a comprehensive but balanced grammatical analysis of Ik (Icetod), Northeast Uganda’s last thriving Kuliak language.
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Arnout KoornneefSocial & Behavioural Sciences
a.w.koornneef@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1861
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Yinzhi ZhangFaculty of Humanities
y.z.zhang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2519
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Ben ArpsFaculty of Humanities
b.arps@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2222
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A Sociolinguistic Study of an Ewe-based Youth Language of Aflao, Ghana
On the 26th of September, Cosmas Rai Amenorvi successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Cosmas on this achievement!
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What is shared and what is unique in language and music
Knowledge and culture subproject 1:
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Lazy Mindreader: a new perspective on “mindreading” from the study of language and narrative
How is social cognition shaped by our knowledge of language and stories?
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Traces of language contact in Niya Prakrit: Bactrian and other foreign elements
On the 6th of November, Niels Schoubben successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Niels on this achievement!
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psychosocial development of children with and without Developmental Language Disorder
Dissertation
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Axel PalmérFaculty of Humanities
a.i.palmer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Patterns of language contact in the Tarim Basin in Northwest China
Lecture, Summer School evening lectures
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Dynamic Testing and the Relation with School performance and Language difficulties.
What is the effect of a dynamic training in children’s inductive reasoning skills and how is it related to children’s school performances and language development.
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A Grammar of Gaahmg, a Nilo-Saharan Language of Sudan
This thesis investigates the grammar of Gaahmg, a Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Blue Nile Province of North Sudan. The comprehensive description provides an analysis of the phonology, morphology, and syntax. Ten texts of various genre are given to help illustrated the grammar…
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Language contact: bridging the gap between individual interactions and areal patterns
A new publication that brings together perspectives on language contact phenomena across temporal and spatial dimensions.
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Nancy KulaFaculty of Humanities
n.c.kula@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Azeb AmhaAfrican Studies Centre
a.amha@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3364
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Understanding the brain via language
Professor Jenny Doetjes at Leiden University researches similarities and differences in languages, specifically in the area of numerals and quantifiers. Her research provides insight into language patterns, bu also in the working of the human brain. Inaugural lecture on 26 January.
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Falling Short of Expectations: Evaluative Languages in Scholarly Book Reviews, 1900-2000
What evaluative languages (errors, mistakes, vices, etc.) did book reviewers employ? To what extent and on what occasions did they invoke early modern vices? And to what extent did this differ across fields or change over the course of the century?
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Pride and Prejudice: Moral Languages in Scholarly Codes of Conduct, 1900-2000
If idioms employed in codes of conduct could be as idiosyncratic as examples suggest, then to what extent did early modern language of vice, too, persist in this genre?
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signers in the development of channel specific structures in sign languages of deaf communities
In this project, the hypothesis that language contact crucially impacts the development of spatial grammar and phonology is investigated.
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I-Fan LinFaculty of Science
i.lin@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Liza van den BoschSocial & Behavioural Sciences
l.j.van.den.bosch@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3724
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Anouschka van DijkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
a.j.m.van.dijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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From Text to Knowledge: Language Models for Knowledge Graph Extraction and Ontology Learning
This PhD project investigates how language models can be used to extract structured knowledge from text in a way that is accurate, robust, and applicable to real-world use cases.
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What language did the Trojans speak?
The Trojan War plays an important role in Greek mythology. But there is much more to Troy than mythology. The exhibition ‘Troy. City. Homer. Turkey’ can be viewed from 7 December to 5 May 2013. Leiden linguist Alwin Kloekhorst wrote an article for the exhibition catalogue on the language of Troy.
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Object shift in the Scandinavian languages: syntax, information structure, and intonation
This thesis discusses the constructions relevant to Object Shift from the intonational perspective, by presenting experimental data from all the Scandinavian languages.
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The Golden Mean of Languages; Forging Dutch and French in the Early Modern Low Countries (1540-1620)
In The Golden Mean of Languages, Alisa van de Haar sheds new light on the debates regarding the form and status of the vernacular in the early modern Low Countries, where both Dutch and French were local tongues. The fascination with the history, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary of Dutch and French…
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Janet ConnorFaculty of Humanities
j.e.connor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7210
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Stefan NorbruisFaculty of Humanities
s.norbruis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727