1,845 search results for “dutch linguistics” in the Public website
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British Celtic Influence on English Phonology
This dissertation assesses the influence of British Celtic on the phonological development of English during and shortly after the Anglo-Saxon settlement period, ca. AD 450-700.
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A cross-linguistic investigation of the onset effect in reading aloud: No need to mope about the MOPE
The global population speaks approximately 7,000 different languages and approximately half of the world’s population is bilingual. The unique orthographic characteristics of different languages can help us to gain insight into the seemingly simple process of transforming written to spoken words (i.e.,…
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Phonology and Morphology of Mambay (Niger-Congo, Adamawa)
This dissertation provides a description of the phonology and morphology of Mambay, an Adamawa (Niger-Congo) language spoken by 15,000 people in Chad and Cameroon.
- Intensive Course Dutch 2
- Intensive Dutch 3 course
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Consonant and vowel gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-stems: an investigation of Germanic morphophonology
This dissertation focuses on the systematic vowel alternations displayed by the Proto-Germanic n-stems. The fact is, that many of these nouns now appear to have preserved the ablaut system of the Indo-European proto-language spoken some five millennia ago. In this respect, the n-stems are truly comparable…
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A Carib Grammar and Dictionary
This dissertation contains a detailed description of the Carib language, including the most extensive dictionary of the language to date. This knowledge is based on work from earlier sources and field work which was carried out by the author over a ten-year period, particularly in Galibi, a Carib village…
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A Grammar of Sunwar. Descriptive Grammar, Paradigms, Texts and Glossary
This grammar provides a description of Sunwar, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in eastern Nepal, based on data collected during twelve months of field work.
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A grammar of Kumzari : a mixed Perso-Arabian language of Oman
This book presents an in-depth grammatical description of Kumzari, a mixed language spoken in remote villages on the Musandam Peninsula in northern Oman.
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A grammar of Makalero: A Papuan language of East Timor
This dissertation is the first comprehensive description of Makalero, a language spoken by approximately 6,500 speakers in the Iliomar subdistrict, in the south-east of the Republic of East Timor. While previous sources considered it to be a dialect of the larger language Makasae, the present study,…
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A grammar of Papuan Malay
This grammar presents an in-depth linguistic description of one Papuan Malay variety, based on fifteen hours of recordings of spontaneous narratives and conversations between Papuan Malay speakers.
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Olga van Marion
Faculty of Humanities
o.van.marion@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2128
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Erik Odegard
Faculty of Humanities
e.l.l.odegard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2772
- Dutch 2 super intensive
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Olga Nozdracheva
Faculty of Humanities
o.nozdracheva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Isaac Wei
Faculty of Humanities
y.wei@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Jill Jeffery
Faculty of Humanities
j.v.jeffery@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1513
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Sophia Nauta
Faculty of Humanities
s.m.nauta@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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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…
- Intensive Dutch 4 course
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Mongolic Phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu Languages
This dissertation provides an overview of the phonological developments of the Qinghai-Gansu languages, comparing them to the reconstructed ancestral language.
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Astrolinguistics
Design of a Linguistic System for Interstellar Communication Based on Logic
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Bakola documentation project
The aim of this project is the linguistic documentation of Bakola, a Narrow Bantu language.
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A Grammar of Khwarshi
This dissertation presents a grammar of Khwarshi, a Nakh-Daghestanian language.
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Nivja de Jong
Faculty of Humanities
n.h.de.jong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2956
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A Grammar of Konso
This dissertation provides a description of Konso, a Cushitic language spoken by about 250,000 speakers in the South-West Ethiopia.
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Modification and Reference in the Chinese Nominal
This study proposes a theory for the encoding of specificity and definiteness in the Chinese nominal based on Cantonese, Mandarin and Wenzhou data.
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Marian Klamer
Faculty of Humanities
m.a.f.klamer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2783
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The Tapuia of Northeastern Brazil in Dutch Sources (1628–1648)
This book presents the transcriptions and annotated translations of fifteen key historical documents concerning the Tapuia indigenous people written just before and during the Dutch occupation of northeastern Brazil.
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Arabic and its alternatives: Religious minorities in the formative years of the modern Middle East (1920-1950)
This project aims to revisit the ways in which religious minorities in the Middle East participated in, contributed to, and opposed the Arab nationalism of the post-war years, when the British and French ruled the region via the Mandates. Research question: How did religious minorities in the Middle…
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The historical development of the Dutch posture-verb progressive construction
On the 22nd of February, Ami Okabe successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Ami on this achievement!
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News in a Glasshouse: Media, Publics, and Senses of Belonging in the Dutch Caribbean
On the 23d of May, Sanne Rotmeijer successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Sanne on this achievement!
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Leiden University agrees to guarantee open access for linguistics
Dutch universities involved in lingusitics research and teaching have been asked through the VSNU to provide financial guarantees for the transition of linguistics research to open access. The universities, including Leiden, have agreed.
- Dutch 4A
- Dutch 1B
- Dutch 5A
- Dutch 3A
- Dutch 6B
- Dutch 2B
- Dutch 6A
- Dutch 2A
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Documentation and analysis of !Ora and !Ui languages
This project aims at describing the Khoisan languages !Ora (Korana/Griqua) and !Ui of South Africa.
- Dutch 5B
- Dutch 3B
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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.
- Dutch 4B
- Dutch 1A
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MODOMA: A computer-simulated laboratory-approach towards language acquisition
The goal of the MODOMA-project is to create a computer model of language acquisition.