1,487 search results for “first and second language phonology” in the Public website
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The hunt for the best computer language
Our language is adapted to the context in which we humans communicate. But computers ‘think’ differently. What would a language be like whose structure was optimally adjusted for use by humans and machines? Tessa Verhoef is trying to find the answer.
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The hunt for the best computer language
Our language is adapted to the context in which we humans communicate. But computers ‘think’ differently. What is the optimal form of a language for human-machine communication? Tessa Verhoef is trying to find the answer.
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Student maps Chinese language variation
When Daan van Esch, master’s student in Chinese Studies, travelled through China last summer, he noticed that he often did not understand what the inhabitants of the different villages and cities were talking about. There turned out to be huge differences within the language. He decided to map this…
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TAFL Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language
From Sunday 11 till Tuesday 20 June 2023, NVIC organizes a new edition of the TAFL course. This intensive, interactive course is developed for (future) teachers of Arabic. It addresses both the practical aspects of teaching Arabic as a foreign language as well as the underlying linguistic and cognitive…
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TAFL Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language
From Sunday 8 till Tuesday 17 January 2023, NVIC organizes a new edition of the TAFL course. This intensive, interactive course is developed for (future) teachers of Arabic. It addresses both the practical aspects of teaching Arabic as a foreign language as well as the underlying linguistic and cognitive…
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Teacher identity and teacher’s professional development in an intercultural context
The present project aims to provide valuable insights for the professional development of international teachers, and also for improving the quality of foreign language education.
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Utterance-final particles in Taiwan Mandarin: Contact, context and core functions
This study explores regional variation in the use of utterance-final particles by analyzing spoken Taiwan Mandarin data recorded from spontaneous conversations.
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PhD student Jantine Brussee wins second prize in PhD competition
PhD student of the division Pharmacology, Jantine Brussee has won the second prize of the Figon-Pfizer PhD student Competition, at the Dutch Medicine Days in Ede.
- Publications
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From Wife to Presidential Partner: the Policy Agenda of the First Lady of the United States
In this article, Kuipers and Timmermans analyze the first lady's relationship with policy problems in the period 1945-2013.
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Atalialu Serapheim and the Turkophone Orthodox Christians of Anatolia: A study of eighteenth-century Turkish texts in the Greek alphabet (Karamanlidika)
Stylianos Irakleous defended his thesis on 6 February 2020
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Crisis and Security Management
You are about to start your Master's programme in Crisis and Security Management at Leiden University in The Hague, The Netherlands. Make sure you are well prepared and get your studies off to a good start.
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Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1, Leiden
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About the programme
The International Bachelor in Psychology in Leiden takes you along all the different subdisciplines in Psychology.
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Application and selection
All applicants for LUC go through a selection process. You enter the selection process by applying in Studielink and submitting a complete application in the Leiden University application portal.
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Where does this Inca language come from? Verb conjugations should provide some answers
When university lecturer Martine Bruil was on exchange in Ecuador as a teenager, she fell in love with the area's ancient languages. Now, more than 20 years later, she is starting a research project on the kinship of the language Awapit with the Quechua language that was spread by the Incas.
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Marlou Schrover on her second appointment as LDE professor
Professor Marlou Schrover will receive a second appointment as Leiden-Delft-Erasmus professor. In addition to her current position as professor of Migration History at Leiden University, she will be appointed professor at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences. She discusses her field…
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Second call-for-papers closed; corona-update to follow in December
The second call-for-papers has now closed and those who have submitted an abstract will hear whether their papers have been accepted or rejected by the end of November. The organizing team is keeping an eye on all developments regarding the Coronavirus and will decide in December whether ICEHL-21 will…
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Using an ERC grant to study languages with beans and millet
Japanologist and linguist Martine Robbeets is going to use her newly acquired ERC Consolidator Grant to study the origins and spread of Trans-Eurasian languages, which include Japanese and Turkish. With it, she’s tackling one of the most controversial subjects in language history.
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Start Second Cohort Executive Master's Programme Cyber Security
On January 14th the executive Master’s programme Cyber Security started for the second time at the HSD Campus
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Leiden University receives first Javanese Culture Award
On 28 October, Leiden University received the first Javanese Culture Prize from Universitas Sebelas Maret in Solo, Indonesia. The jury praised Leiden University’s extensive collection of Indonesian and Javanese manuscripts.
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Second place in Future Ideas European Master Thesis Competition 2013
LIACS graduate Lieven van Velthoven won yet another award for his Media Technology MSc graduation thesis entitled
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Second international conference on microplastic pollution in the Mediterranean sea
Two years after the first conference, the Napels based Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, together with a consortium of organisations and research institutes, organised the second conference from 15 to 18 September in Capri, Italy.
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New dates for our Dutch language course
The next round of courses will take place from Monday, 26 September 2022 until Wednesday, 30 November 2022. In the upcoming course round, level 1, level 2, level 3 and level 4 will be offered. Classes will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays only.
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The indigenous peoples of Trinidad and Tobago from the first settlers until today
This study relates the vicissitudes of the Amerindian peoples who lived or still inhabit the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, from the earliest occupants, ca. 8000 BC, until at present.
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The Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek
This is the first full-scale reference grammar of Classical Greek in English in a century.
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The Derivational Timing of Ellipsis
This volume explores the nature of ellipsis, the core phenomenon that results in various types of omission in sentences.
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The Texture of the Lexicon
In this volume, Ray Jackendoff and Jenny Audring embark on a major reconceptualization of linguistic theory as seen through the lens of morphology. Their approach, Relational Morphology, extends the Parallel Architecture developed by Jackendoff in Foundations of Language (2002), Simpler Syntax (2005),…
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A Web of Relations: A grammar of rGyalrong Jiăomùzú (Kyom-kyo) dialects
This dissertation is a comprehensive description of the Jiăomùzú dialects. These dialects belong to the Tibetan-Birmese language of the rGyalrong spoken in the province Sìchuā, China.
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A grammar of Sheko
This thesis investigates the grammar of Sheko, an Omotic language spoken in southwest Ethiopia.
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A Grammar of Mankanya
On the 5th of November, Timothy Gaved successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Timothy on this achievement!
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Stop! Hey, what's that sound? the representation and realization of Danish stops
On the 11th of January, Rasmus Puggaard-Rode successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Rasmus on this achievement!
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Descriptive Linguistics
Documenting and describing languages of the world.
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A Grammar of Dhao
On the 17th of September, Jermy Balukh successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Jermy on this achievement!
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Latino-Punic and its Linguistic Environment
This thesis attempts to describe the entire corpus of Latino-Punic inscriptions, found in Tripolitania.
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An Introduction to Tarifiyt Berber (Nador, Morocco)
This book provides a grammatical sketch, glossed texts and a glossary of Tarifiyt Berber, which is the main heritage language of the Moroccan community in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
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Mochica: grammatical topics and external relations
On the 12th of May, Rita Barrera Virhuez-Eloranta successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Rita Barrera Virhuez-Eloranta on this achievement.
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Experimental Linguistics
How do we process language and speech? How do we integrate information at different levels – intonation, sentence structure, meaning, tone, words, sounds - and how does information at one level interact with information at another level?
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A Grammar of Logba (Ikpana)
This book presents a comprehensive description of the grammar of Logba, one of the fourteen Ghana-Togo Mountain (GTM) languages spoken by approximately 7,500 speakers on the South-Eastern frontier of the Ghana-Togo border. It is the outcome of fifteen months research in Logba speaking communities.
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A Carib Grammar and Dictionary
This dissertation contains a detailed description of the Carib language, including the most extensive dictionary of the language to date. This knowledge is based on work from earlier sources and field work which was carried out by the author over a ten-year period, particularly in Galibi, a Carib village…
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Africa
At LUCL we study almost all aspects of a wide range of African languages. From phonology to anthropological linguistics, from theoretical syntax to urban youth languages, we study it all.
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Two courses Dutch language at the MI
On 7 October the beginners course Dutch has successfully started with a pizza kick-off.
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Europa Institute organises second ‘Meet the Author’ event
On Thursday 30 March, the Europa Institute held its second ‘Meet the Author’ event.
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Second case note in Leiden Children's Rights Observatory
The case note examines the recent inquiry report published by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
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Just published: European Banking and Financial Law (Second Edition)
Authors: Matthias Haentjens, Pierre de Gioia Carabellese
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Femke Bakker, Positive Politics: How Meditation Can Help to Foster Tolerance
When we think of politics, we tend to think of adversary, antagonism, polarisation, a struggle for power. But politics should serve positive purposes, as well. Political psychologist and meditation teacher Femke Bakker (Leiden University) thinks that positive politics is first and foremost about tolerance.…
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Capacity Development of Transnational Law, Asset Recovery and International Investment Arbitration at UI
How can we assist Universitas Indonesia's department of International law to improve their educational and applied research programs on Transnational Law, Asset Recovery and International Investment Arbitration, with an eye on Indonesia’s security and rule of law reform agenda and the needs of the…
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Verba Africana
The project