Descriptive Linguistics

Documenting and describing languages of the world.

At LUCL, descriptive linguists investigate a broad range of languages to extend and deepen knowledge of linguistic diversity.

News

19 March 2024 ‘Stemmen van Afrika’ wins popularisation prize: 'Language is more than grammar'
19 September 2023 Children's Storybook ‘Sumak Kichwa Wawa’
06 June 2023 Language during war: the changing position of Russian in Ukraine

Events

24 May
Lecture | This Time For Africa! series The use of language analyses in Dutch citizenship procedures from a legal and ethical perspective Danielle Snaathorst
31 May
Lecture | This Time for Africa! series Ethnonyms as windows into the past: untangling past and present contacts in Ngamiland, Botswana Hilde Gunnink
06 Jun 08 Jun
Conference | Final conference Roots, branches and LHEAf Maarten Mous

Publications

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Research projects

Major Language Description at LUCL

Stemmen van Afrika

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