2,007 search results for “comparative indo-european linguistics” in the Public website
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Grammaire du cuvok: langue tchadique centrale du Cameroun
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!
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The adoption of sound change
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!
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Traces of language contact: The Flores-Lembata languages in eastern Indonesia
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.
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Spanish English contact in the Falkland Islands
On the 14th of June, Yliana Rodriquez successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Yliana on this achievement!
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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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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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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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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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Analyse conceptuelle et traductibilité des termes de maladie dioula
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…
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Admission and Application
Find out how to apply for Translation at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.
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Primitives of Phonological Structure
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.
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Clause linkage in Ket
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…
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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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Xenophon: Anabasis Book III no. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
This is the first comprehensive commentary on a section of Xenophon's Anabasis in English for almost a century.
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About
Speech Prosody is the biennial meeting of the Speech Prosody Special Interest Group (SProSIG) of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA).
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From Gesture to Language
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…
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Admission and application
Find out how to apply for Modern Languages at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.
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Large Language Models - an in-depth history
An in-depth history of Large Language Models—and what their ubiquity, disruption, and creativity mean from a wider sociopolitical perspective.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Sociopragmatics
Sociopragmatics is a rapidly growing field and this is the first ever handbook dedicated to this exciting area of study.
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Prosody profiles: individual differences in the perception and interpretation of prosodic cues
This project investigates the sources of variability in prosody comprehension.
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Lecturers
These are our lecturers (in alphabetical order) for the 2026 Summer School in Languages and Linguistics.
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Mily CrevelsFaculty of Humanities
e.i.crevels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Fotini Vassou
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
f.m.vassou@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tilko Arne SwalveFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
t.a.swalve@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Thomas ScarffFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
t.e.c.scarff@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Jingjing LiFaculty of Humanities
j.li@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272138
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Can Kurban
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
c.kurban@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |
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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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Shifting the compass
Shifting the Compass: Pluricontinental Connections in Dutch Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
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Matthew FrearFaculty of Humanities
m.j.frear@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272089
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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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PhD Research Projects:
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Poetry, rhythm, and meter
Knowledge and culture subproject 4:
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Yitsz Neurink
Faculty of Humanities
y.m.c.a.neurink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Andrew Wigman
Faculty of Humanities
a.m.wigman.2@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
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Two new English-taught bachelor’s programmes
An English-taught bachelor’s programme is a perfect way to prepare for the international job market! Starting in September 2017, two new English-taught bachelor’s programmes addressing topical issues, each from its own perspective, will be offered by Leiden University’s Faculty of Humanities.
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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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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.