362 search results for “africa simon languages” in the Student website
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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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How do people best learn a language? 'It's incredible what you do when you talk'
According to Nivja de Jong, second language acquisition is 'the most fascinating subject in linguistics'. As a recently appointed professor of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, she studies the question of how best to teach people a new language.
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How AI helps map sign languages
Like spoken languages, sign languages evolve organically and do not always have the same origin. This produces different ways of communication and annotation. Manolis Fragkiadakis wrote his PhD thesis on this.
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Koen de Ceuster
Faculty of Humanities
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Paul Smith
Faculty of Humanities
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Carmen Sylvia Spiers
Faculty of Humanities
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Julia Szirmai
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonid Kulikov
Faculty of Humanities
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Jos Schaeken
Faculty of Humanities
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Paul Hoftijzer
Faculty of Humanities
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Mahmood Yenkimaleki
Faculty of Humanities
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Hugo Koning
Faculty of Humanities
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Inge Ligtvoet
Faculty of Humanities
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Marcello Bonsangue
Science
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Sarah von Grebmer zu Wolfsthurn
Faculty of Humanities
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Tycho van der Hoog
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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How did Proto-Indo-European reach Asia?
Five thousand years before the common era (BCE), Proto-Indo-European, the mother of many languages that are spoken today in Europe, Central Asia and South Asia, originated in eastern Europe. PhD candidate Axel Palmér has combined a 175-year-old hypothesis with new techniques to demonstrate how descendants…
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Talent for languages test: National Linguistics Olympiad puts language sense to the test for high school students
How would you convert Egyptian hieroglyphs into Latin script? And what is actually the correct translation of dishes on a Vietnamese menu? On Saturday 28 January, high school students from all over the Netherlands will come to Leiden to ponder a series of language-related puzzles. Their goal? To win…
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Maarten Mous: ‘Your language is part of the world’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. Professor of African Linguistics Maarten Mous explains the importance of hearing your language at school.
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Ayokunu Adedokun
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Miriam Waltz
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Erik Bähre
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mark Westmoreland
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Metje Postma
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ton Dietz
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Katharina Natter
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marja Spierenburg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rishuai Chen
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Peter Pels
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Igor Boog
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Vineet Thakur
Faculty of Humanities
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Karen Smith
Faculty of Humanities
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Alette Vonk
Faculty of Humanities
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Sabine Luning
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Loes Oudenhuijsen
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Alwin Kloekhorst
Faculty of Humanities
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Esther Op de Beek
Faculty of Humanities
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Guus Kroonen
Faculty of Humanities
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Jenneke van der Wal
Faculty of Humanities
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Josien de Klerk
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Marike van Aerde
Faculteit Archeologie
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Anne-Isabelle Richard
Faculty of Humanities
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Abdourahamane Idrissa Abdoulaye
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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André Leliveld
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Elisabeth Kerr
Faculty of Humanities
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Martijn Lemmen
Faculty of Humanities
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Yumeng Wang
Science
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Arie Verhagen
Faculty of Humanities