209 search results for “pictorial language” in the Student website
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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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Alwin KloekhorstFaculty of Humanities
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Guus KroonenFaculty of Humanities
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What is citizenship? Classical Languages help find the answer
A European project should help reinvigorate Latin teaching in secondary schools. 'By focusing on citizenship, we want to show that Latin is relevant to discussions about citizenship and migration.'
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Education
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Martijn LemmenFaculty of Humanities
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Yumeng WangScience
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Arie VerhagenFaculty of Humanities
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Judith BosnakFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten KossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Hannah De MulderFaculty of Humanities
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Michaël OpgenhaffenFaculty of Humanities
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Pablo Isla MonsalveFaculty of Humanities
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Amos van BaalenFaculty of Humanities
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Olf PraamstraFaculty of Humanities
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Michaël PeyrotFaculty of Humanities
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Göran SundholmFaculty of Humanities
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Stéphane TérosierFaculty of Humanities
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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
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Leticia Pablos RoblesFaculty of Humanities
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Janet GrijzenhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Mert YazanScience
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Ronny BoogaartFaculty of Humanities
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Fei BaiFaculty of Humanities
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Neeltje van den Bedem
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tessa VerhoefScience
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Anne Sytske KeijserFaculty of Humanities
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High school students get acquainted with language studies at profile selection day
The Choose a Language Day was created to make high school students enthusiastic about choosing a linguistic profile and further education. Third-years were able to learn about different language studies at the Faculty of Humanities.
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‘Stemmen van Afrika’ wins popularisation prize: 'Language is more than grammar'
The Voices of Africa platform is ten years old and has just recently won the annual popularisation prize of the Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics (LOT). High time for a chat with Jenneke van der Wal, Maarten Mous and Nina van der Vlugt about the importance of the platform and plans for the…
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Who spoke what language in north-western sixth-century China?
Fifteen hundred years ago, the north-west of what we now call China was a jumble of peoples. How did those Indians, Khotanese and Tocharians influence each other and each other's languages? Associate professor Michaël Peyrot has been awarded an ERC grant of almost two million euros to unravel this 'web…
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Looking back on the Area Fair: Have you made your area and language choice yet?
As the deadline for choosing a region of study dwells on International Studies Students, on October 28th, the yearly Area Fair was held. Students could walk around the Schouwburgstraat building as presentations, stands filled with snacks from the area, and workshops were being offered.
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New professor Suzan Verberne aims to bring large language models and search engines closer together
Suzan Verberne has been appointed professor of Natural Language Processing at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) from 1 October. Verberne has been at LIACS since 2017 as group leader of the Text Mining and Retrieval group.
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Egbert Fortuin appointed professor of Russian Language and Linguistics: 'I am back'
On 1 August, Egbert Fortuin has been appointed Professor of Russian Language and Linguistics. After a five-year term as vice-dean of the Faculty Board, he is eager to fully devote himself to the study programme. His appointment can therefore be summarised in three words: 'I am back'.
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A dead language comes to life: Early medieval Old English in the 21st century
From films, video games and historical novels to Nordic folk bands, Old English from the early Middle Ages is experiencing a revival in the 21st century. Together with international colleagues, university lecturer Thijs Porck (LUCAS) made a book about the 'resurrection' of this dead language.
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Alex ReunekerFaculty of Humanities
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Evert Jan van LeeuwenFaculty of Humanities
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Olga LundyshevaFaculty of Humanities
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Tina Cambier-LangeveldFaculty of Humanities
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Brenda AssendelftFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew SungFaculty of Humanities
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Johanneke CaspersFaculty of Humanities
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen
Faculty of Humanities
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Adriaan van der WeelFaculty of Humanities
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Maria van der SchaarFaculty of Humanities
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Marianne van Dijken
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jiang WuFaculty of Humanities
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Carel SmithFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid