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1,401 search results for “cognitieve and language” in the Public website

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  Rogier Creemers Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Cultural Semantics and World View: Fulɓe Juguureeɓe (Togo) Research project

  This PhD project investigates how grammatical features and lexical elaboration in Fulfulde Juguureere reflect aspects of cattle culture.

• ‘Man's empathy comes from language and stories’ News - 12 April 2016

  Man is nature's mind-reading champion: we are better able than any other living beings to empathise with others. This comes in part from our story-telling culture, according to Max van Duijn. PhD defence 20 April.

• Multilingual Networks of Dutch Courtly Song (1400-1550) Research project

  This project investigates the multilingual networks of Dutch lyrical texts, manuscripts and early prints, examining their transmission, dissemination, and reception during the 15th and 16th century.

• Call overview Speech Prosody 2024 (SP2024)

  We are delighted to announce that Speech Prosody 2024 will be held in Leiden, The Netherlands (02–05 July 2024). The conference aims to showcase the facets of prosodic variation and their role in the production, comprehension, and acquisition of speech in order to obtain a better understanding of the…

• Linguistics (specialisation) (MA)

  In the one-year Linguistics specialisation programme you will be able to focus on a specific thematic route, reflecting the linguistics expertise present at Leiden University.

• Modification and Reference in the Chinese Nominal Research output

  This study proposes a theory for the encoding of specificity and definiteness in the Chinese nominal based on Cantonese, Mandarin and Wenzhou data.

• New perspectives on English in Scotland Research project

  Exploring the language of the lower classes in the nineteenth century

• Evaluation of Bias and Robustness in Search and Conversational Systems Research output

  Search and conversational systems have become central to how people access information and perform tasks.

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  Olaf Kaper Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Johannes Müller University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Rick Honings Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• New round of language courses starts in September News - 19 March 2024

  Our courses September courses start soon, be sure to apply in time

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  Louis Verreth
• The Phonology of Proto-Central Chadic Research output

  This study looks at the diverse phonological systems found within Central Chadic, and reconstructs the phonological system of their ancestor language.

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  Pablo Isla Monsalve Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tessa Mearns Assistant professor

  ICLON

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  Saskia Dunn PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Carel Smith Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Flor Miriam Plaza del Arco Assistant professor

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  Jochem van den Boogert Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Wenqian Fan PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Fei Bai PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Martijn Lemmen PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Michaël Opgenhaffen University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mert Yazan PhD candidate / self funded

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  Martin Kroon Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Yumeng Wang PhD candidate

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  Inge Kraus Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jiawen Qi PhD candidate

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  Maria van der Schaar
• Beyond Post-Communism: Imagining the Future in Times of Transition Research project

  How did people across Central and Eastern Europe imagine the future during the transitions of the 1980s and 1990s? The umbrella term ‘post-communism’ does not provide an answer to this question. This project explores how writers and cultural theorists saw the potential future of their societies during…

• Leiden professor of Turkish languages returns Turkish medal News - 10 May 2016

  Erik-Jan Zürcher, professor of Turkish languages and cultures, returns his Turkish medal to protest against the repressive regime of Erdogan's government.

• The Chinese diaspora, race and US foreign policy Research project

  The project focusses on how US views of the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia influenced its strategic interpretations of the region.

• From Homo Economicus to Political Animal Research project

  Who is Economic Man? Every economic paradigm presupposes an anthropology, a theory of human nature. This project explores the anthropologies presupposed and produced by ancient Greek economic texts, and the specific knowledge forms that shape these anthropologies.

• The pre-Roman elements of the Sardinian lexicon Research output

  On the 12th of February, Cid Swanenvleugel successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Cid on this achievement!

• Culture and Society in Morocco

  Do you want to do your minor in Morocco? Then choose the minor Culture and Society in Morocco! You’ll learn about Moroccan culture, society and languages, and receive solid training in ethnographic research methods.

• LLRC conference: Language Awareness in the language classroom Event - 12 June 2025

  Conference

• The Phonology of Shaoxing Chinese Research output

  This thesis presents a thorough survey of the central aspects of the phonology of Shaoxing Chinese from a synchronic perspective and on the basis of recent theoretical phonological developments, with the secondary goal of casting some light on current issues in Modern Chinese (Mandarin).

• Reading Arabic: legibility studies for the Arabic script Research output

  What is the cost of visual complexity? This dissertation sets out to determine the effect of the complexity of word formation on the legibility of Arabic and the role that vocalization plays in reading.

• Nationalism in Moroccan Malḥūn Research project

  This PhD project investigates how nationalist ideas are expressed, shaped, and negotiated in Moroccan Malhun poetry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

• Building a Phonological Inventory - Feature Co-occurrence Constraints in Acquisition Research output

  The Feature Co-occurrence Constraint theory proposed in this dissertation provides a means to capture the development of the language learning child's segment inventory.

• 24th International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics Event - 6 June 2027

  Conference

• 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.

• Expression and Recognition of Emotion in Native and Foreign Speech: The Case of Mandarin and Dutch Research output

  This study investigates the perception and production of emotional prosody by native and non-native listeners and speakers, i.e. Chinese and Dutch listeners and speakers, including Dutch L2 learners of Chinese.

• A Grammar of Makonde (Chiminna, Tanzania) Research output

  This dissertation provides a description of Makonde, a Bantu language spoken in Tanzania.

• Autumn School in Medieval Languages and Culture 2021 News - 13 July 2021

  In close collaboration with the Center for Medieval Studies (Fordham), Centre for Medieval literature (Odense and York) and Centre for Medieval Studies (York), the University of Ghent organizes an Autumn School for PhD- and MA-students in Medieval Studies (18-22 October 2021). It will be organized in…

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  Pascale Eskes PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Peter Liebregts Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• European Day of Languages - Evening of Languages Event - 26 September 2025

  Festival