3,664 search results for “austronesian language and linguistics” in the Public website
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Fernanda Korovsky MouraFaculty of Humanities
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Rhomayda AimahFaculty of Humanities
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First ever summer school in Africa for and by deaf academics
Academic studies or an academic career are a big challenge if you are deaf. Particularly in Africa, where many countries don’t even have secondary schools for the deaf. A team of Leiden academics has organised the first summer school for and by deaf academics on the African continent, in Ghana. We spoke…
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Stephan RaaijmakersFaculty of Humanities
- Career prospects
- Applied African Linguistics
- Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
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Leiden Workshop on Creole Languages (WoCL)
Conference
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Working for SAILS
Leiden University's interdisciplinary research programme SAILS funds young interdisciplinary scientists working at the intersection of AI and other fields. How do these researchers experience the work?
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Exploring Early Medieval English Eloquence: A Digital Humanities Approach with A Thesaurus of Old English and Evoke
This special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik (Brill, 2021) brings together articles that explore new digital ways of analyzing and annotating Old English vocabulary.
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Leiden professor of Turkish languages returns Turkish medal
Erik-Jan Zürcher, professor of Turkish languages and cultures, returns his Turkish medal to protest against the repressive regime of Erdogan's government.
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Xiaochen ZhengSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Joanne StolkFaculty of Humanities
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Conceptualising and developing the practice of CLIL teachers
How do teachers conceptualise, develop and implement an effective CLIL practice?
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Meet Linguistics in Edinburgh
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Playing Cluedo with speech sounds
Using speech analysis to resolve crimes. That's what Meike de Boer (26) is aiming to do with her PhD research. 'By analysing how a person pronounces
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Reading Arabic: legibility studies for the Arabic script
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.
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Unlocking quantum for society: the power of metaphors
Kiem project: How can metaphors be used to enhance societal engagement with quantum science and technology, and what factors influence their acceptance or resistance among experts and laypeople?
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European Day of Languages - Evening of Languages
Festival
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A view from abroad: Ingrid Tieken at Clare Hall, Cambridge
Every year many Leiden lecturers and students visit an international university for the purposes of research or study. In the coming newsletters a different Leiden scholar will give his or her view from abroad.
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International Mother Language Day: Mother Languages in Motion
Festival
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Autumn School in Medieval Languages and Culture 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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Experiencing Fragments
The fragmentary is everywhere: we encounter fragments in social media (Tiktok, Twitter), in personal memories from our childhood, and in traditions from our cultural heritage.
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Bert BotmaFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten van LeeuwenFaculty of Humanities
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Meet Linguistics in Thessaloniki
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Experience Day Linguistics
Study information
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Asia
To promote a sustainable partnership with Asia, it is important to gain a better understanding of each other in economic, socio-cultural, historical, and legal terms. For decades, scholars from Leiden have made a significant contribution to the acquisition of knowledge about both the present and the…
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Archaeologist Omar Aguilar Sánchez receives Mexican youth prize
On October 21st, 2019, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, handed out the National Prize for the Youth in the academic achievement category to our PhD candidate Omar Aguilar Sánchez. He received this honour for his work on Mixtec pictorial manuscripts.
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LLRC conference: Language Awareness in the language classroom
Conference
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Leiden Linguistic Diversity Colloquium
Colloquium
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Chat with a student
Do you have a question about studying at leiden University or student life in Leiden? Do you want more information about the English language and culture programme? Chat with a current student for answers to your questions!
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Meet Linguistics in Barcelona
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Meet Linguistics in Athens
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Meet Linguistics in Rome
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Meet Linguistics in Thessaloniki
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Meet Linguistics in Madrid
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Meet Linguistics in Milan
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De filosoof en de filoloog: Brieven van twee Leidse hoogleraren (1879-1899)
Digital edition of the correspondence between the philosopher Gerardus Johannes Petrus Josephus (Gerard) Bolland (1854-1922) and the philologist Pieter Jacob Cosijn (1840-1899), consisting of 46 letters covering the period 1879 to 1899.
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Language maintenance and revitalization across the world
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What is citizenship? Classical Languages help find the answer
A European project should help reinvigorate Latin teaching in secondary schools. 'By focusing on citizenship, we want to show that Latin is relevant to discussions about citizenship and migration.'
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From Homo Economicus to Political Animal
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.
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Meet Linguistics in London
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From vlogging to organising seminars: students of Italian put their skills into practice
Do you gain enough practical experience in an academic language and culture study programme? Certainly, proved the bachelor students of Italian this summer. For the Transfer IT programme, they combined their own interests with the knowledge they gained during their studies. This resulted in vastly different…
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Uncorking Language
Debate, LUCL Fireside Chat
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'Turkey. A Modern History' now in nine languages
The book on Turkey. A Modern History written by Professor Erik-Jan Zürcher, Professor of Turkish Studies, is now available in nine different languages. Arabic and Polish versions have now been published.
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Language, Stories, and Understanding Others
Lecture
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Barend Beekhuizen wins the AVT/Anéla dissertation prize
Barend Beekhuizen's dissertation has won the 2016 AVT/Anéla (Dutch Linguistic Association and Society for Applied Linguistics) dissertation prize!
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Student Aline-Priscillia: ‘I am an odd academic, I’m not very attached to outcomes’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and academics talk about their passion for their field. Student Aline-Priscillia is particularly curious about how language is processed in the brain.
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Sign language emergence and diachronic change
Conference, Leiden-Birmingham Lectures