232 search results for “historical linguistics” in the Student website
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Tim Laméris
Faculty of Humanities
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Mahmood Yenkimaleki
Faculty of Humanities
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Camil Staps
Faculty of Humanities
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Emi Yamamoto
Faculty of Humanities
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Sarah von Grebmer zu Wolfsthurn
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Historical continuity helped form Dutch and Belgian identities
Dutch people are far more law-abiding than they might like to think. And they are very different from the Belgians in that regard. The different approaches of the two governments towards the coronavirus crisis, for example, can be explained from the history of both countries since the Middle Ages. Historians…
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Tommie van Wanrooij
Faculty of Humanities
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Ian Simpson
Faculteit Archeologie
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Manuel Cabal Lopez
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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PhD candidate Alex Reuneker’s research: What do we mean when we use ‘if’?
‘If it rains later, then I’ll take the car.’ In order to reason, we use sentences containing ‘if’ every single day. But how does that work exactly in the Dutch language? Alex Reuneker wrote his 628 page dissertation on the subject. Ceremony on 26 January.
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen
Faculty of Humanities
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Salvador Santino Regilme
Faculty of Humanities
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Maria del Carmen Parafita Couto: ‘I have to speak to my cats in Galician’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. University lecturer Maria Del Carmen Parafita Couto speaks about bilingualism.
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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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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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‘The historical pedigree of New Wars and New Terrorism’: meet LUCIR scholar Isabelle Duyvesteyn
Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Professor of International Studies and Global History at the Institute of History and member of the advisory board of Leiden University’s Centre for International Relations (LUCIR) is widely regarded as an expert on civil wars and conflicts. Her new book, Rebels and Conflict Escalation,…
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Natasja Delbar
Faculty of Humanities
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Alina Karakanta
Faculty of Humanities
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Henrike Jansen
Faculty of Humanities
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Hannah De Mulder
Faculty of Humanities
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Carmen Kleinherenbrink
Faculty of Humanities
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Leticia Pablos Robles
Faculty of Humanities
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Dunja Wackers
Science
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S. Valdez
Faculty of Humanities
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Lettie Dorst
Faculty of Humanities
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Keiko Yoshioka
Faculty of Humanities
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Vidi grant for Angus Mol: ‘Historical games are like time machines’
How do games help shape our perception of the past? Associate Professor Angus Mol receives a Vidi grant to answer this question.
- Chinese Linguistics in Leiden (ChiLL)
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Linguistic atlases, and dialect maps
Workshop Series
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Dialect Comparison and Historical Reconstruction
Lecture, Workshop Series
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Bert Botma
Faculty of Humanities
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Maarten van Leeuwen
Faculty of Humanities
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Johanneke Caspers
Faculty of Humanities
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Charlotte van der Voort
Faculty of Humanities
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Longming Shichuan
Faculty of Humanities
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Ying-ting Wang
Faculty of Humanities
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Eduardo Alves Vieira
Faculty of Humanities
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Olga van Marion
Faculty of Humanities
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Vincent Chang
Faculty 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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Extraction of linguistic atlas/dialect survey data
Lecture, Workshop Series
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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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Lisa Cheng
Faculty of Humanities
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Faculty and study programme regulations
At faculty and study programme level there are various regulations in place to ensure that everything runs as it should. For example, there are thesis and faculty regulations, as well as rules and guidelines on assessments, exams, degree classifications and plagiarism.
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The American Indian Historical Society
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Vici grants for seven researchers from Leiden University
From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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‘Citizens should be able to rely on information provided by Tax and Customs Administration’
Information provided by the Tax and Customs Administration is something that concerns every citizen. So it is not surprising that the Tax hotline receives around 10 million calls each year. The Benefits Affair emphasised the citizen’s perspective in communications with the Tax and Customs Administration.…
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Language during war: the changing position of Russian in Ukraine
The impact of war extends beyond destroyed buildings and torn families. In bilingual Ukraine, the ongoing war with Russia is a major driver for increasingly discarding the Russian language. What does this mean for the position of Russian in Ukraine?
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