184 search results for “since syntax” in the Public website
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Labour Question: Ideological Antagonism, Workers’ Movements and the ILO since 1919
This book connects labour history, global history and the institutional or political history of international organisations.
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Persistent Revolution: History, Nationalism, and Politics in Mexico since 1968
A Persistent Revolution: History, Nationalism, and Politics in Mexico since 1968
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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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Vrije Competitie Grant for Lisa Cheng and Anikó Liptak
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded LUCL researchers prof.dr. Lisa Cheng and dr. Anikó Liptak a Vrije Competitie grant for their research project
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Fábio Bonfim Duarte
Faculty of Humanities
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Theoretical Linguistics
Theoretical linguistics seeks to understand the underlying principles of the nature of human language.
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Shopping City: Public Planning and Private Redevelopment in Britain since 1945
How have British cities changed in the years since the Second World War? And what drove this transformation? This innovative new history traces the development of the post-war British city, from the 1940s era of reconstruction, through the rise and fall of modernist urban renewal, up to the present-day…
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Formal Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics
The research programme Formal Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics brings together LUCL researchers who focus mainly on formal theoretical and experimental linguistics.
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Bantu Syntax and Information Structure Conference
Conference
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‘Non-Istanbulites’ of Istanbul: Quest for a place in Istanbul in the Turkish novel since the 1960s
This research focuses on a historical/social analysis of a selected corpus of novels from modern Turkish literature which have the common theme of migration from Anatolian towns and villages to Istanbul, and the immigrants’ struggle in this city against various exclusion mechanisms.
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The Acquisition of Personal Pronouns in Cochlear-Implanted Children
This dissertation examines whether a cochlear implant provides congenitally deaf born children with sufficient auditory input to acquire low salient and syntactically and semantically complex functional items such as personal pronouns compared to their hearing peers.
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Leiden/Bielefeld Workshop on Comparative Syntax (LeiBieCos)
Conference
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The internal and external syntax of genoeg ('enough')
Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series
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Leticia Pablos Robles
Faculty of Humanities
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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 Grammar of Gaahmg, a Nilo-Saharan Language of Sudan
This thesis investigates the grammar of Gaahmg, a Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Blue Nile Province of North Sudan. The comprehensive description provides an analysis of the phonology, morphology, and syntax. Ten texts of various genre are given to help illustrated the grammar…
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The morphology of Dutch
Oxford University Press has published a revised and expanded edition of The Morphology of Dutch (first edition published in 2002).
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A Grammar of Khwarshi
This dissertation presents a grammar of Khwarshi, a Nakh-Daghestanian language.
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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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Tunen syntax within a structural typology of Aux-O-V word orders
Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series
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A grammar of Ik (Icetod) Northeast Uganda’s last thriving Kuliak language
This study offers a comprehensive but balanced grammatical analysis of Ik (Icetod), Northeast Uganda’s last thriving Kuliak language.
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A Grammar of Ghomara Berber
This dissertation provides a grammatical description of Ghomara Berber, a Berber language spoken in North-West Morocco by about 10.000 people. The grammar consists of a description of the phonology, the morphology and the syntax. In the appendices a number of texts and a wordlist are included. The data…
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A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali
This dissertation provides a description of the language Tadaksahak as it is spoken by the Idaksahak, a people group of about 30,000 living in the most eastern part of Mali and several isolated places in western Niger.
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Martin Kroon
Faculty of Humanities
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The Slovene dialect of Egg and Potschach in the Gailtal, Austria
A synchronic description of the endangered Slovene dialect spoken in the Gailtal valley in Carinthia, Austria.
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Indigenous Peoples preserved
Indigenous Peoples possess rich worldviews and unique knowledge that form part of our global heritage. Oppressing these peoples and violating their natural environment is leading to the destruction of this knowledge. Leiden researchers aim to counter this through collaborating with Indigenous Peoples…
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The Programmer's Brain
Your brain responds in a predictable way when it encounters new or difficult tasks. This unique book teaches you concrete techniques rooted in cognitive science that will improve the way you learn and think about code.
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BaSIS
This project aims to systematically investigate the influence of information structure on nominal licensing in a subset of Bantu languages.
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Summer School
Every year the Leiden Univeristy faculty of Humanitites organizes a linguistic summer school. This year Dr. Alessia Prioletta (Paris) will be teaching a class titled 'Non-Sabaic Ancient South Arabian languages'. The Summer school will be held from July 11 to July 22 at the faculty of Humanities of Leiden…
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Theoretical Approaches to Linguistic Diversity
Describing a new language for the first time is an exciting and challenging intellectual experience.
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Language Diversity
Language offers new insights into our history, cultural differences, migration, and the way in which our brain processes information. This knowledge can in turn help us understand what it means to be human, as well as opening the way to many practical applications. In order to realise these goals, linguists…
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Italian Language and Linguistics
Italian Language and Linguistics at Leiden University draws on diachronic and synchronic perspectives to bring you an advanced qualification in Italian linguistics.
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Theoretical Linguistics
Studying the underlying principles of the nature of language.
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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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Dangerous Cities: Mapping crime in Amsterdam and Leiden, 1850–1913
To what extent did the street patterns in urban districts influence crime patterns?
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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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A Grammar of Cheke Holo
On November 21st, Frederick Boswell succesfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Frederick on this great result.
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Becoming Literate by Means of the internet
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Word order and information structure in New Testament Greek
Ancient Greek is well-known for displaying relatively free word order. This dissertation examines word order variation in the Koine Greek of the New Testament Greek in a variety of domains: declarative clauses, questions and relative clauses. In particular, I examine the way in which word order corresponds…
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Qualifying standpoints: Stance adverbs as a presentational device for managing the burden of proof
The aim of this study is to specify the strategic function of stance adverbs when qualifying a standpoint in an argumentative discussion.
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Nubian Voices II
New Texts and Studies on Christian Nubian Culture
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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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The Majang Language
On the 4th of June, Andreas Joswig successfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Andreas on this great result.
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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.