1,118 search results for “austronesian language and linguistics” in the Staff website
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47th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics (#SOEMEHL47)
Conference
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Manolis FragkiadakisFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew SungFaculty of Humanities
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Alumni from the French Language and Culture programme return to Leiden: ‘I feel like an ambassador for the language’
The pews of the Walloon Church were filled on Friday 23 May, as more than 120 former students of the French Language and Culture programme gathered to attend mini-lectures, a short theatre performance, and a discussion about the state of the discipline.
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Adriaan van der WeelFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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Sara PetrollinoFaculty of Humanities
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From Gothic to OMG: the 21st conference on English historical linguistics comes to Leiden
The largest international conference on English historical linguistics is coming to Leiden. From 7 June to 11 June 2021, the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) organises the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL-21). Due to Covid measures, the conference takes…
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Jenny DoetjesFaculty of Humanities
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Azeb AmhaAfrican Studies Centre
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The language of internet memes
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Leticia Pablos RoblesFaculty of Humanities
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Hannah De MulderFaculty of Humanities
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Ans de Rooij-van BroekhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Primacy and collapse in intonational melodies: Insights from imitation
Lecture, SMILE Talks
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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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Anne Sytske KeijserFaculty of Humanities
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How Russia uses language as a weapon of war
According to Russian propaganda Ukrainians are Nazis and people from the West are Satanists. Egbert Fortuin thinks we should take this propaganda seriously.
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Marijn van PuttenFaculty of Humanities
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Marian Klamer on Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history'
A newly opened museum in China appears to be devoted to the origins of the Austronesian-speaking peoples, who some 5000 years ago spread from East Asia across the Pacific, seeding it with a distinctive culture and some 1200 languages. But those displays are also a statement in the long-running dispute…
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Sophia NautaFaculty of Humanities
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Joosje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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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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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
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Abhishek Avtans-Faculty of Humanities
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Maarten MousFaculty of Humanities
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Lifeng HanFaculty of Science
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Carole Tiberius appointed professor of Computational Linguistics: 'If you know how systems work, you can better assess their limitations'
ChatGPT, translation machines and bots: for Carole Tiberius, they are a piece of cake. On 1 January, she was appointed professor of Computational Linguistics. 'There ae two elements to the field: computer science and linguistics.'
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Brenda AssendelftFaculty of Humanities
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not to metaphor? How producers, products, and publics use figurative language in science communication
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium
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Gijsbert Rutten new professor of Dutch Linguistics
Gijsbert Rutten has been appointed professor of Dutch Linguistics with effect from 1 July. In this position, he will focus on language change and language variation, with a particular emphasis on historical sociolinguistics.
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Vincent van HeuvenFaculty of Humanities
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Jin Hee ParkFaculty of Humanities
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Saskia DunnFaculty of Humanities
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Anneke Both-de Vries
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Linguistics alumna Anne-Mieke Thieme wint EFNIL-scriptieprijs
Good news for Linguistics alumna Anne-Mieke Thieme, who has won the thesis prize awarded by the European Federation of National Institutions for Language (EFNIL). ‘I emailed my thesis supervisor right away.’
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Janet ConnorFaculty of Humanities
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Towards better L1-oral language education: Perspectives on good quality oral language teaching and the role of feedback
PhD defence
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Levina de Wolf
Faculty of Humanities
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Carel SmithFaculty of Law
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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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Yingyang WangFaculty of Humanities
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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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Johanneke CaspersFaculty of Humanities
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Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision
Film screening and Book Launch
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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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Yiya ChenFaculty of Humanities