783 search results for “cognitive and language” in the Student website
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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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Maria del Carmen Parafita CoutoFaculty of Humanities
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Carel ten CateFaculty of Science
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Tian YangFaculty of Humanities
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Mahmood YenkimalekiFaculty of Humanities
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Tingting HuiFaculty of Humanities
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Jan van DijkhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Paz Gonzalez GonzalezFaculty of Humanities
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Marian KlamerFaculty of Humanities
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How do our language rules come about?
Many of the language rules we use today were formulated in the 17th and 18th centuries. In a dual track at the universities of Leiden and Brussels, PhD candidate Eline Lismont investigated why some rules became successful while other rules were quickly forgotten.
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Marloes van Moort
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Tim LamérisFaculty of Humanities
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Kim Stroet
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Anne UraiSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jochanan VeerbeekSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Paul van den BroekSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Veronica Janssen
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Julian SteinkeSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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David HeyneSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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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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Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation'
Victoria Nyst's love for sign language was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The university lecturer has since been awarded a Vici grant to research the history of these languages.
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Suzan VerberneFaculty of Science
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Inge LigtvoetFaculty of Humanities
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Guus KroonenFaculty of Humanities
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Ou OuriligeFaculty of Humanities
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Ziheng ChengFaculty of Humanities
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Ancient Greek spelling mistakes shed new light on language development
If you had something important to write down in ancient times, you would usually write in Greek in the eastern Mediterranean. University lecturer Joanne Stolk has been awarded an ERC grant to explore the kinds of spelling mistakes that were made in these scripts. And, more importantly, what improvements…
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
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Ellen de BruijnSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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'Language is part of your identity’
Rik van Gijn was appointed professor of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World from 1 December 2024. He is keen to use the position to set up research on language vitality. ‘People almost never give up their mother tongue entirely voluntarily.’
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Special training and testing reveal children's potential for learning
Traditional school tests, like the Dutch CITO, largely reflect students' existing knowledge and abilities. However, dynamic testing sheds light on students' learning potential, discovered Mirjam de Vreeze in her PhD research. This approach is especially promising for children with learning challenges,…
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Chuang LiuFaculty of Humanities
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Marina TerkourafiFaculty of Humanities
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Marcello BonsangueFaculty of Science
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Paul van ElsFaculty of Humanities
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Psychology Connected on ChatGPT: How can we use AI without losing our own cognitive skills?
Writing essays, refining grant applications, or creating a new course curriculum—ChatGPT assists students and researchers in these endeavours. What this new technology means for working in academia, was discussion at the fourth Psychology Connected event.
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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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Language both connects and divides
Author and political scientist Mounir Samuel has spent recent years delving into the many ways that language can exclude people and bring them together.
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Franz WurmSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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International Mother Language Day 2024: 'It's time to celebrate our languages'
On Wednesday, 21 February, a diverse group of students, staff, and representatives from 21 embassies gathered in The Hague for International Mother Language Day. Under the banner of 'a bit of fun and many serious topics,' language took centre stage.
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Students create creative language lessons for primary and secondary education: ‘Not enough attention paid to languages’
The earlier you introduce children to a language, the sooner they can be captivated by it and see that there is more than just Dutch and English. That is the basis for the language lessons for primary education that Alisa van de Haar, university lecturer of French, collaborated on. ‘Deans from different…
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Development of broad Languages and Cultures BA programme to change to ‘Renewing and Strengthening Language Programmes’
As you may know, a draft profile for a broad BA programme in Languages and Cultures has been in development for some time. On 21 December 2021, the Faculty Board decided to end the design process of that broad bachelor’s degree programme. However, as the Faculty Board and partners in the discipline…
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Kiana ShahrasbiFaculty of Science
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Stan van der BurghtFaculty of Humanities
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for: research trainee for project on effect gender-inclusive language on language attitudes
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Yumeng WangFaculty of Science
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Maarten KossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Michaël OpgenhaffenFaculty of Humanities
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Amos van BaalenFaculty of Humanities