529 search results for “comparative linguistics” in the Staff website
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Geert BooijFaculty of Humanities
g.e.booij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Turan HanciFaculty of Humanities
t.hanci@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7882
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PhD candidate Camil Staps figured out what ‘out’ means
Words originally intended to indicate space, such as ‘out’, are also regularly used to indicate cause and effect. Why does this happen? And how does it work in other languages? PhD candidate Camil Staps decided to find out.
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Jos RaadscheldersFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.c.n.raadschelders@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9400
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NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’
A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.
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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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What does it actually say? Linguist launches video series on wall poems
The city centre of Leiden is covered in them: wall poems. When roaming around, you come across poetry written in the Latin alphabet, but also in scripts that might be more difficult to understand for the average person living in Leiden. In a new series of videos, Tijmen Pronk talks more about this.
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Leonid KulikovFaculty of Humanities
l.kulikov@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marijke van der WalFaculty of Humanities
m.j.van.der.wal@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Emi YamamotoFaculty of Humanities
e.yamamoto@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1565
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Tim LamérisFaculty of Humanities
t.j.lameris@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5634
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Stan van der BurghtFaculty of Humanities
c.l.van.der.burght@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mahmood YenkimalekiFaculty of Humanities
m.yenkimaleki@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sarah von Grebmer zu WolfsthurnFaculty of Humanities
s.von.grebmer.zu.wolfsthurn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Hannah KuhnFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
h.kuhn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Karline JanmaatFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
k.r.l.janmaat@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Willem ZwalveFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
w.j.zwalve@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7440
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Eva SchmidtFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
e.p.schmidt@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8070
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Rehana DoleFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
n.r.s.dole@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Brenda de GrootFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
b.de.groot@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Gerard BreemanFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
g.e.breeman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9373
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Miranda BooneFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.m.boone@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4907
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Tim EnweremFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
t.k.enwerem@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Ruben van UdenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
r.c.p.van.uden@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4992
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José LourençoFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.b.a.l.lourenco@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Lydie CabaneFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
l.d.cabane@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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15 June: Jean Monnet Seminar: CompaRe meets EUTAXGOV
Research
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Meike de Boer: ‘The word 'uh' can help track down suspects’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. PhD candidate Meike de Boer knows everything about the word ‘uh’.
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Maarten Mous: ‘Your language is part of the world’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. Professor of African Linguistics Maarten Mous explains the importance of hearing your language at school.
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Digging for treasure in archives: what did spoken Scots sound like?
How did Scottish speakers sound hundreds of years ago? University lecturer Mo Gordon thinks the answer to that question can be found in church archives. 'It can be a boost to your identity to know the history of your language.'
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Talent for languages test: National Linguistics Olympiad puts language sense to the test for high school students
How would you convert Egyptian hieroglyphs into Latin script? And what is actually the correct translation of dishes on a Vietnamese menu? On Saturday 28 January, high school students from all over the Netherlands will come to Leiden to ponder a series of language-related puzzles. Their goal? To win…
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Alex Reuneker awarded Frans van Eemeren prize
University lecturer Alex Reuneker has won the Frans van Eemeren Prize for his paper 'Assessing classification reliability of conditionals in discourse'.
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
m.westera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Martine BruilFaculty of Humanities
m.bruil@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3340
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PhD candidate Alex Reuneker’s research: What do we mean when we use ‘if’?
‘If it rains later, then I’ll take the car.’ In order to reason, we use sentences containing ‘if’ every single day. But how does that work exactly in the Dutch language? Alex Reuneker wrote his 628 page dissertation on the subject. Ceremony on 26 January.
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How language reveals what you're really saying: 'Interesting if it's language-independent'
In a conversation, you provide all sorts of information to the listener. For example, you can indicate that you're certain about something, or that you heard it through someone else. Associate Professor Jenneke van der Wal has been awarded a Vici grant to investigate whether the way people do this is…
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Methods in Experimental Linguistics: Poster Session by MA students
Poster session
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Michaël Peyrot appointed professor: 'We have a bright future ahead of us'
Michaël Peyrot has been appointed professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics with retroactive effect from 1 January. He is looking forward to passing on his love for the subject to a new generation of students.
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Call for Papers for LUCAS Conference 'Practices in Comparative Medievalism' on 23 September 2022
Medievalism is the area of academic study that investigates the reception and reconstruction of the medieval past since the Middle Ages came to an end.
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Maria del Carmen Parafita Couto: ‘I have to speak to my cats in Galician’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. University lecturer Maria Del Carmen Parafita Couto speaks about bilingualism.
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Cattle, rather than geometric shapes, determine how the Hamar see the world
Sara Petrollino, a university lecturer in linguistics, strongly believes that language influences the way we see the world. An NWO Open Competition (XS) grant will enable her to test this hypothesis among the Ethiopian Hamar people. ‘The idea that everyone thinks in geometric shapes is culturally de…
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Opposing the French participle clause
The Dutch phrase ‘ijs en weder dienende’ (literally, ‘ice and weather serving’) is a good example of what is known as a participle clause and is perhaps one of the most unfathomable grammatical constructions in Dutch. For what (or who) is serving whom (or what)? It actually means ‘ice and weather permitting’.…
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Leiden Linguistic Diversity Colloquium
Colloquium
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Natasja DelbarFaculty of Humanities
n.a.delbar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Alina KarakantaFaculty of Humanities
a.karakanta@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2978
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Henrike JansenFaculty of Humanities
h.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2131
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Hannah De MulderFaculty of Humanities
h.n.m.de.mulder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7563
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Dunja WackersScience
wackers@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5500
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S. ValdezFaculty of Humanities
s.valdez@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leticia Pablos RoblesFaculty of Humanities
l.pablos.robles@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2106