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• The Slovene dialect of Egg and Potschach in the Gailtal, Austria Research output

  A synchronic description of the endangered Slovene dialect spoken in the Gailtal valley in Carinthia, Austria.

• Online Experience English Language and Culture Event

  Study information, Online Experience

• Experience Day English Language and Culture Event - 10 April 2026

  Study information

• Tonal Bilingualism: The Case of Two Closely Related Chinese Dialects Research output

  Tonal bilinguals of two closely related Chinese dialects are amazing people. They handle two tonal systems in their mind; their two vocabularies are from closely related dialects, and they write translation equivalents with common Chinese characters. Their unique language situation makes their mind…

• Language and the core knowledge system of number Research project

  Knowledge and culture subproject 2:

• Learning Russian as a second language through allusive (precedential) phrases: corpus-based study Research project

  This PhD project investigates specific types of allusions used by Russian native speakers, namely references to classical Russian literature. The research includes the analysis of 1) how native speakers use allusions, 2) what type of discourse allusions are frequently used, and 3) how we can implement…

• Student for a day English Language and Culture Event - 24 February 2026

  Study information

• Chinese Final Particles and the Syntax of the Periphery Research output

  In this research, for the first time a detailed description as well as systematic and comparative analysis of the final particle system in Chinese are provided.

• Bridging the unbridgeable: linguists, prescriptivists and the general public Research project

  This project seeks to close the gap between the three main players in the field of prescriptivism: the linguists themselves, the prescriptivists (as writers of usage guides) and those who depend upon such manuals.

• Language and the human past Descriptive Linguistics

  At LUCL, researchers aim to contribute to a comprehensive and informed perspective on the human past.

• Language and the human past Historical and Comparative Linguistics

  At LUCL, researchers aim to contribute to a comprehensive and informed perspective on the human past.

• Student for a day English Language and Culture Event - 1 April 2026

  Study information

• Teaching Chinese Language and Culture (MA)

• Modern Languages (MA)

  In the specialisation in Modern Languages you will explore the structure, acquisition, history and use of one or more of these five languages in depth: Chinese, English, French, German and/or Italian.

• Cultural evolutionary modeling of patterns in language change. Exercises in evolutionary linguistics Research output

  This thesis describes the use of the evolutionary approach in the study of language change, aiming to provide a better insight in the mechanisms that play a role in language change and to validate this approach in the field of language change.

• Innovation in tradition Research output

  This dissertation explores the history of the language of a manuscript known as Tönnies Fonne's Russian-German Phrasebook (Pskov 1607).

• A grammar of Papuan Malay Research output

  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.

• Lazy Mindreader: a new perspective on “mindreading” from the study of language and narrative Research project

  How is social cognition shaped by our knowledge of language and stories?

• On the nature of preverbal Focus in Greek. A theoretical and experimental approach Research output

  This thesis aims at contributing to our understanding of the semantic and prosodic properties of object foci in Greek, employing theoretical and experimental tools.

• Die biblisch-hebräische Partikel נָא im Lichte der antiken Bibelübersetzungen. Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer vermuteten Höflichkeitsfunktion Research output

  My research addresses the function of the much-debated particle -nā in Biblical Hebrew, often translated with “please”, from the point of view of the most important ancient Bible translations (Greek, Syriac, Latin). It combines textual criticism, translation technique, discourse pragmatics, and the…

• Temporal Construals of Bare Predicates in Mandarin Chinese Research output

  This study presents the first systematic investigation and detailed theoretical analysis of the temporal interpretations of sentences with bare (aspectually unmarked) predicates in Mandarin.

• Egbert Fortuin appointed professor of Russian Language and Linguistics: 'I am back' News - 20 September 2021

  On 1 August, Egbert Fortuin has been appointed Professor of Russian Language and Linguistics. After a five-year term as vice-dean of the Faculty Board, he is eager to fully devote himself to the study programme. His appointment can therefore be summarised in three words: 'I am back'.

• rules: a comparative study into the computational mechanisms underlying language acquisition Research project

  In this project we study the properties of statistical- and rule-learning mechanisms in relation to the acquisition and evolution of language. We ask to what extent these mechanisms are unique to humans - or to human language - by comparing the acquisition of vocal structure in two species: humans (infants)…

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  Ying-ting Wang Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic: origin and accentuation Research output

  This dissertation provides a thorough review of the words belonging to the oldest layer of Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic and answers the question of how these words were adapted to the Proto-Slavic accentual system.

• Part-time English Language and Culture bachelor's programme English Language and Culture (BA)

  The English Language and Culture study programme is also offered on a part-time basis.

• Leiden through the eyes of… Summer School in Language and Linguistics students News - 10 August 2012

  The Leiden Summer School in Language and Linguistics is visited every year by many scholars worldwide. Four of the 120 participants of the 7th Summer School in 2012, share their view of Leiden.

• Language and self-regulation in XXY Research project

  The role of language in self-regulation and social behavior in children with an extra X chromosome

• Taalportaal (Language Portal) Research project

  This proposal aims at the construction of a comprehensive and authoritative scientific grammar for Dutch and Frisian in the form of a virtual language institute: het Taalportaal/the Language Portal.

• Languages and Cultures of the world

  When it comes to languages and cultures, Leiden University is the university. The global expertise present places our university at the top. In Leiden and The Hague, we study languages and cultures from all regions of the world and from prehistory to the present day. In this way we create a broad view…

• The syntax of verbal pseudo-coordination in English and Afrikaans Research output

  This dissertation provides a systematic description of English and Afrikaans verbal pseudo-coordination and a formal analysis couched in the Minimalist program.

• Mutual intelligibility of Chinese dialects: an experimental approach Research output

  This study examines the mutual intelligibility between all 225 pairs of 15 Chinese dialects, in two main branches, i.e., six Mandarin dialects and nine non-Mandarin (Southern) dialects.

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  Paul van Els University Lecturer Chinese Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

• Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe Event
• hands of signers: modeling spread and change in historical sign language linguistics HANDS!Lab for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies

  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…

• The dynamics of light verbs in the history of West Germanic languages Research project

  The main question of this research project concerns the extent to which light verbs in West Germanic languages participate in processes of language change.

• Linguistics Linguistics (BA)

• What is shared and what is unique in language and music Research project

  Knowledge and culture subproject 1:

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  Shinjini Paul PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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  Paramita Paul Project Manager/Editor

  International Institute Asian Studies

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  Paul Roeleveld Product owner integration

  ISSC

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  Paul Kalsbeek PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Paul Meijer Audio-visual services staff member

  University Facility Services

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  Paul Voogt Guest researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Paul Vreeswijk Scientific Programmer

  Faculty of Science

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  Paul Smeets Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Paul Rabé Research coordinator

  International Institute Asian Studies

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  Paul Wijdeveld Researcher / Guest

  ICLON

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  Paul Snel Workplace Support

  ISSC

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  Paul Bakker Guest Staff Member

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid