1,138 search results for “russian and smit linguistics” in the Staff website
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Opposing the French participle clause
The Dutch phrase ‘ijs en weder dienende’ (literally, ‘ice and weather serving’) is a good example of what is known as a participle clause and is perhaps one of the most unfathomable grammatical constructions in Dutch. For what (or who) is serving whom (or what)? It actually means ‘ice and weather permitting’.…
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Cattle, rather than geometric shapes, determine how the Hamar see the world
Sara Petrollino, a university lecturer in linguistics, strongly believes that language influences the way we see the world. An NWO Open Competition (XS) grant will enable her to test this hypothesis among the Ethiopian Hamar people. ‘The idea that everyone thinks in geometric shapes is culturally de…
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Prof. dr. Holger Gzella elected as member of the Academia Europaea
LUCL member prof. dr. Holger Gzella has been elected as member of the Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe).
- LUCAS “Role of Experience” reading group with Anna Dlabačová and Lieke Smits
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Benjamin Ferencz Lecture Series: Prosecuting Russian Environmental War Crimes
Lecture
- Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
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from non-syncretic mismatches involving the genitive of negation in Russian
Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series
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Bert BotmaFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten van LeeuwenFaculty of Humanities
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Multilingualism of Frisian children: Evelyn Bosma wins Keetje Hodshon Prize
Postdoc and linguist Evelyn Bosma receives the Keetje Hodshon Prize for her dissertation. For her research on the multilingualism of Frisian children, Bosma previously won the Klokhuis Science Prize and the Campus Fryslân Science Prize.
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Ukrainian course to start soon: ‘Useful for contact with refugees’
The Academic Language Centre is organising an introduction to Ukrainian with the Russian Studies/Russian and Eurasian Studies programmes. This six-part course is meant primarily for people who are in contact with refugees from Ukraine.
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Victoria NystFaculty of Humanities
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Felix Ameka: ‘Multilingualism is the answer to many problems’
A new challenge for Felix Ameka. The senior lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics has been appointed professor by special appointment of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World. ‘I am looking forward to promoting ethnolinguistic diversity and vitality.’
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Lisa ChengFaculty of Humanities
- SMILE - Experimental Linguistics series
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Ariëlle ReitsemaFaculty of Humanities
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Gijsbert RuttenFaculty of Humanities
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden Linguistic Diversity Colloquium
Colloquium
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The mechanism behind a friendly chat: 'Puzzle gets unravelled bit by bit'
A friendly chat is more complicated than you might think. As soon as the other person finishes talking, you already have an answer ready. But how do we know when it's time to change turns? University lecturer Johanneke Caspers has been awarded an NWO Open Competition grant to investigate the role of…
- Chinese Linguistics in Leiden (ChiLL)
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Lucien van BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Charlotte van der VoortFaculty of Humanities
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Jessie SunFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden students give commentary on games live on Twitch
Three Leiden students will be sharing their knowledge of history while playing video games. The livestreams are part of the ‘Streaming the Past’ project and will be available on the popular streaming platform Twitch. The first livestream will be on Thursday 20 May.
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Comparative Cross-Modal Linguistics
Lecture, Leiden-Birmingham Lectures
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The Continuity and Discontinuity of Fundamental Military Concepts in Russian Military Thought Between 1856 and 2010
PhD defence
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Jenneke van der Wal wins Ammodo Science Award: ‘Especially unstudied languages contribute to theory building’
For associate professor Jenneke van der Wal, things have been good recently. After being awarded a Vici and Una Europa grant, she has now also received an Ammodo Science Award. ‘It is a nice confirmation that I am doing valuable work.’
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Camil Staps receives Rubicon grant: What does ‘that’ mean?
PhD student Camil Staps is continuing his academic career in Berlin. He receives a Rubicon grant to do research there on demonstrative pronouns.
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Linguistic atlases, and dialect maps
Workshop Series
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Jaap de JongFaculty of Humanities
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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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Isaac ScarboroughFaculty of Humanities
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Keiko YoshiokaFaculty of Humanities
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Johan Rooryck receives honorary doctorate from Tromsø University
Professor Johan Rooryck, currently executive director of cOAlition S, will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Tromsø for his commitment to open access in science. He will be awarded the honorary doctorate on 1 September.
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Descriptive Linguistics: Interactive idea sharing session
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistic Seminars
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Student poster presentations: Linguistic Fieldwork B
Exhibition, poster session
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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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Sealing and bookkeeping practices in Hittite Anatolia
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Elena PaskalevaFaculty of Humanities
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Eduardo Alves VieiraFaculty of Humanities
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Carole TiberiusFaculty of Humanities
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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Introducing: Isaac Scarborough
Isaac McKean Scarborough has been working at the Institute for History as a lecturer since September 2021. Below he introduces himself!
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Introducing: Shiru Lim
Shiru Lim has been working at the Institute of History as an assistant professor since August 1, 2023. Below she introduces herself.
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Who are the winners of the Psychology Prizes of 2025?
Psychology teacher of the year is Laura Nawijn. The Master Thesis Awards are for Max Kalisvaart and David Hof. Lee Aldar wins the PhD Paper Prize. The PhD Wild Card Prize 'Resilient Scientist' is won by Anastasiia Myronenko, Anne Versluis, Annemarie ten Kate, Ashley Smit, Fabian Wolters, Gita Nadinda,…
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SAILS researcher Anne Meuwese awarded PDI-SSH grant
The PDI-SSH grant will be used by Meuwese to create a web portal and collection of tools and resources, named ‘WetSuite’, that will help researchers apply Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods to legal textual data from public bodies.
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Extraction of linguistic atlas/dialect survey data
Lecture, Workshop Series
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Teaming up with Portugal: as a doctor, how do you talk to a patient?
As a doctor, coming to a decision together with a patient: how do you do that in the best possible way? Researchers Geert Warnar and Roosmaryn Pilgram, who jointly teach a course within the MA in Dutch Studies, are entering into a virtual collaboration with the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa to find the…
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Arend QuakFaculty of Humanities