612 search results for “arabic language and linguistics” in the Staff website
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Adriaan van der Weel
Faculty of Humanities
a.h.van.der.weel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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New professor Alwin Kloekhorst: 'The origin of your language also says something about you'
Where does Dutch come from? Newly appointed Professor Alwin Kloekhorst looks for an answer to that question in millennia-old languages from Anatolia, the Asian part of present-day Turkey. 'A new interpretation in one of the Anatolian languages can have consequences for dozens of other languages.'
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Frits Kortlandt
Faculty of Humanities
f.h.h.kortlandt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2501
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Jos Pacilly
Faculty of Humanities
j.j.a.pacilly@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2320
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Yaming Zhang
Faculty of Humanities
y.zhang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8104
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Bart Alewijnse
Faculty of Humanities
b.alewijnse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Rita Spithoff
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
m.spithoff@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9589
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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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Gijsbert Rutten
Faculty of Humanities
g.j.rutten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2112
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How the rise of AI is creating new opportunities for computational linguists
With the rise of AI, interest in computational linguistics and language models has taken flight. But machines are far from being able to go it alone. In her inaugural lecture, Professor Carole Tiberius will stress the importance of research on word combinations. ‘We know a great deal but there is a…
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‘Computers can give linguists a push in the right direction’
For decades, linguists have racked their brains over the question of precisely how the syntax of various languages is different. PhD candidate Martin Kroon has developed a computer system that brings us closer to finding an answer. His PhD defence is on 10 November.
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Language during war: the changing position of Russian in Ukraine
The impact of war extends beyond destroyed buildings and torn families. In bilingual Ukraine, the ongoing war with Russia is a major driver for increasingly discarding the Russian language. What does this mean for the position of Russian in Ukraine?
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Jelle Bruning
Faculty of Humanities
j.bruning@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1396
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Olga van Marion
Faculty of Humanities
o.van.marion@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2128
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Peter Liebregts
Faculty of Humanities
p.liebregts@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2160
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Leticia Pablos Robles
Faculty of Humanities
l.pablos.robles@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2106
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Hannah De Mulder
Faculty of Humanities
h.n.m.de.mulder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7563
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Maarten Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2439
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Brenda Assendelft
Faculty of Humanities
b.m.e.assendelft@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Johanneke Caspers
Faculty of Humanities
j.caspers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2157
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Drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde and dr Sjef Houppermans presented with high French honour
“Very French and very impressive.” Those are the words drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde used to describe the reception at the French embassy residence in The Hague on 2 June 2015. There, she and dr. Sjef Houppermans were presented with an distinction for their remarkable services to the French language…
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Benjamin Suchard: ‘The more you send out into the world, the more likely it will stick’
How do you make niche subjects interesting and accessible? Benjamin Suchard, historical linguist and researcher, seems to have created the perfect recipe, which consists of his various projects alongside his regular research, including a Twitter account and a major international film.
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The Linguistics Olympiad final is coming up soon: ‘The questions shouldn’t be too easy’
On Saturday 16 April, secondary school pupils will once again have a chance to sink their teeth into the hardest language-related questions during the final of the Linguistics Olympiad. Professor Sasha Lubotsky and PhD student Cid Swanenvleugel are both former Olympiad winners. Now they are involved…
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‘Language is part of your identity’
Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is essential. In her inaugural lecture, Nivja de Jong will call to redress the balance between the sciences and the humanities.
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Linguists: crimefighters extraordinaire
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time to people from within and without the University. In this first…
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Events in language and cognition
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium series
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Tijmen Baarda
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
t.c.baarda@library.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Stephan Raaijmakers
Faculty of Humanities
s.a.raaijmakers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Vincent van Heuven
Faculty of Humanities
v.j.j.p.van.heuven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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How seals point to an undocumented prehistoric language
Language can be a time machine: we can learn from ancient texts how our ancestors interacted with the world around them. But can language also teach us something about people whose language has been lost? PhD candidate Anthony Jakob investigated whether the languages of prehistoric populations left…
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Judith Naeff
Faculty of Humanities
j.a.naeff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 5485
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Isaac Wei
Faculty of Humanities
y.wei@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Sophia Nauta
Faculty of Humanities
s.m.nauta@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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What influence did French really have on Dutch?
Just as some people today dislike English influences on the Dutch language, in early modern times people also criticised the Frenchification of Dutch. But to what extent did French actually leave its mark in our language? PhD student Brenda Assendelft made a surprising discovery. PhD defence 24 May.
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Multilingualism of Frisian children: Evelyn Bosma wins Keetje Hodshon Prize
Postdoc and linguist Evelyn Bosma receives the Keetje Hodshon Prize for her dissertation. For her research on the multilingualism of Frisian children, Bosma previously won the Klokhuis Science Prize and the Campus Fryslân Science Prize.
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Digital Tools for Sign Language Research: Towards Recognition and Comparison of Lexical Signs
PhD defence
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NWO grant for research about crossing language borders: ‘ We know very little about how multilingualism works outside Western societies’
Professor Felix Ameka and university lecturer Maria del Carmen Parafita Couta have received an NWO Open Competition grant together with Enoch Aboh (University of Amsterdam) to do research on ‘code-switching’: switching languages by multilinguals.
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Yiya Chen
Faculty of Humanities
yiya.chen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1688
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Siavash Rafiee Rad
Faculty of Humanities
s.rafiee.rad@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3942
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Benjamin Storme
Faculty of Humanities
b.p.p.storme@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2175
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Maria del Carmen Parafita Couto
Faculty of Humanities
m.parafita.couto@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2644
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Elisabeth Kerr
Faculty of Humanities
e.j.kerr@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Jenneke van der Wal
Faculty of Humanities
g.j.van.der.wal@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3658
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PhD research: Was there already Dutch-Dutch and Belgian-Dutch in the past?
What developments preceded modern Standard Dutch? PhD candidate Iris Van de Voorde conducted research on ‘pluricentricity’, or the idea that language norms arise in different places and spread outwards from there. PhD defence on 19 April.
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Jenny Doetjes investigates 'How much' with NWO Open Competition grant
Professor Jenny Doetjes has received an NWO grant to research the cross-linguistic properties of quantity expressions and our brain's influence on language.
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler
Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian government during the Covid pandemic. German Arabist Beatrice Gründler will also receive an honorary doctorate for her work in the field of Oriental Manuscript…
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How do people best learn a language? 'It's incredible what you do when you talk'
According to Nivja de Jong, second language acquisition is 'the most fascinating subject in linguistics'. As a recently appointed professor of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, she studies the question of how best to teach people a new language.
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Why is that word there? Research on language structure completed
Communication is the transmission of information. All day long we are busy explaining and making things clear to each other, but exactly how we do that varies from language to language. Associate Professor Jenneke van der Wal delved into African Bantu languages for a Vidi project.