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1,044 search results for “komen language” in the Public website

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  Nivja de Jong Professor Second language Acquisition and Pedagogy

  Faculty of Humanities

• signers in the development of channel specific structures in sign languages of deaf communities HANDS!Lab for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies

  In this project, the hypothesis that language contact crucially impacts the development of spatial grammar and phonology is investigated.

• From Text to Knowledge: Language Models for Knowledge Graph Extraction and Ontology Learning Research project

  This PhD project investigates how language models can be used to extract structured knowledge from text in a way that is accurate, robust, and applicable to real-world use cases.

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  Wilt Idema Emeritus Professor of Chinese Literature

  Faculty of Humanities

• Object shift in the Scandinavian languages: syntax, information structure, and intonation Research output

  This thesis discusses the constructions relevant to Object Shift from the intonational perspective, by presenting experimental data from all the Scandinavian languages.

• The Golden Mean of Languages; Forging Dutch and French in the Early Modern Low Countries (1540-1620) Research output

  In The Golden Mean of Languages, Alisa van de Haar sheds new light on the debates regarding the form and status of the vernacular in the early modern Low Countries, where both Dutch and French were local tongues. The fascination with the history, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary of Dutch and French…

• Essays on African languages and linguistics : in honour of Maarten Mous Research output

  This book celebrates Maarten Mous, professor of African Linguistics at Leiden University.

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  Victoria Nyst Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tijmen Pronk Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Babies' hearing important in language deficiency News - 19 March 2018

  During the first year of life, babies adapt to the language they hear around them. In the event of hearing difficulties, this can lead to a language deficiency, which is not so easy to resolve, says Professor of English Linguistics Janet Grijzenhout. Inaugural lecture 19 March.

• Languages of Resistance, Transformation, and Futurity in Mediterranean Crisis-Scapes Research output

  From Crisis to Critique

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  Kate Bellamy Postdoctoral Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Carmen Kleinherenbrink External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hester Groot PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Thijs Porck Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hilde Gunnink Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Inocêncio Joao Raul Zandamela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Benjamin Suchard Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

• Clause linkage in Ket Research output

  This work provides a typologically oriented description of clause linkage strategies in Ket, a highly endangered language spoken in Central Siberia. It is now the only surviving member of the Yeniseian language family with the last remaining speakers residing in the north of Russia’s Krasnoyarsk pro…

• Kennemerland in metaalvondsten Research output

  Duizenden metaalvondsten die door detectorzoeker wijlen Herman Zomerdijk zijn gedaan in de regio Kennemerland schetsen een uniek beeld van Noord-Holland door de eeuwen heen. Hij zocht en verzamelde decennialang historische metalen objecten in Noord-Holland en bouwde zo een unieke metaalcollectie op.

• Language, law and loanwords in early medieval Gaul: language contact and studies in Gallo-Romance phonology Research output

  On October 9th, Peter Alexander Kerkhof succesfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Peter Alexander on this great result.

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  Niels Schoubben Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Martine Bruil University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Language as a time machine News - 6 February 2015

  About 90 per cent of Austronesian and Papuan languages are under threat of soon becoming extinct. Marian Klamer is the only professor in the world who researches both these language groups. She records languages before they disappear and sheds new light on the history of Indonesia. Inaugural lecture…

• How Arabic influenced Berber, and the typology of contact-induced change Research project

  This project investigates the influence that Arabic (esp. dialectal Arabic) has had on the Berber languages of Northern Africa.

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  Fenna Poletiek Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

• Arabic and Aramaic in Iraq: Language and Syriac Christian Commitment to the Arab Nationalist Project (1920-1950) Research output

  Tijmen Baarda defended his PhD thesis on 8 January 2020

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  Joost Grootens Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Joan Booth Professor emeritus Latin language and literature

  Faculty of Humanities

• Learning a language is a staggering task News - 26 March 2015

  To properly understand how babies absorb a language we need to study the process from a number of different perspectives, linguist Claartje Levelt argues. She accepts her appointment as Professor of Language Acquisition on 27 March with an inaugural lecture entitled ‘Language in its infancy’.

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  Marc Buijnsters Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• ‘Language is part of your identity’ News - 4 March 2024

  Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is essential. In her inaugural lecture, Nivja de Jong will call to redress the balance between the sciences and the humanities.

• Jenny Doetjes appointed Professor of Semantics and Language Variation News - 3 March 2017

  Dr Jenny Doetjes was appointed Professor of Semantics and Language Variation in February. During her professorship Dr. Doetjes wishes to focus on charting linguistic patterns between languages that, at first glance, seem to have little to do with each other.

• Mayan languages in contact: Awakateko and K’iche’ in Guatemala Research project

  This project focuses on two Mayan languages in contact: Awakateko and K’iche’. With the aim to create a database to be accessible to researchers, students, and indigenous activists interested in Mayan languages, this project will train Mayan speakers on transcription, translation, and analysis of…

• A grammar of Hamar, a South Omotic language of Ethiopia Research output

  On the 10th of November, Sara Petrollino succesfully defended her PhD-thesis and graduated. LUCL congratulates Sara on this great result.

• Exploring new methods in comparing sign language corpora Research project

  Currently the focus of the project is the development of a tool that utilizes dimensionality reduction techniques in order to analyze and interpret the lexical and phonological variation between different sign languages. Additionally, the application of deep learning techniques for the extraction of…

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  Gijsbert Rutten Professor Dutch Linguistics specifically Language change and language variation

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Priscilla Lam PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Contact in the Prehistory of the Sakha (Yakuts): Linguistic and Genetic Perspectives Research output

  This study analyses the prehistory of a northeastern Siberian population, the Sakha, from both a molecular-genetic and a linguistic perspective.

• of Bantawa: Grammar, paradigm tables, glossary and texts of a Rai language of Eastern Nepal Research output

  This dissertation provides a comprehensive overview of the grammar of Bantawa, a Kiranti (Rai) language spoken in Eastern Nepal.

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  Lisa Cheng Professor General Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

• Speakers store abstract information, irrespective of their language News - 1 June 2018

  The human brain stores not only individual words, but also all kinds of abstract information about these words. Research by Leiden linguists has shown that speakers have ready access to this information.

• Nog meer wereldgeschiedenis van Nederland Research output

  De Nederlandse geschiedenis is nauw verbonden met die van de wereld als geheel. Door migratie, handel en kennisuitwisseling beïnvloedden mensen elkaar over grotere afstanden en intensiever dan we lang dachten. Wereldgeschiedenis van Nederland toonde in meer dan honderd verhalen hoe internationaal de…

• 5000 jaar Kralen Research output

  Kralen spreken tot de verbeelding. Ze zijn aantrekkelijk en persoonlijk vanwege hun kleuren, materialen, patronen en associaties. Je draagt ze op je lichaam, waar je ze voelt en anderen ze zien. Kralen zijn waardevol en verplaatsbaar, tegelijkertijd reizigers en souvenirs.

• First grammar of Hamar reveals unique language system News - 8 November 2016

  Linguist Sara Petrollino has written the first detailed grammar of Hamar, a language spoken in south-west Ethiopia that has some unique characteristics. PhD defence 10 November.

• Interpreting particles in dead and living languages: A construction grammar approach to the semantics of Dutch ergens and Ancient Greek pou Research output

  In this dissertation, the types of context Dutch speakers need to interpret the poly-interpretable word ergens ‘somewhere/anywhere’ are studied.

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  Tian Yang PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mahmood Yenkimaleki Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tingting Hui Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jan van Dijkhuizen Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities