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Dr. Naomi Truan delivers lunchtime talk at Austria Centre Leiden 15 May 2024Dr. Naomi Truan, Assistant Professor of German Sociolinguistics at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics delivered a lunchtime talk sponsored b...
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Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation' 14 May 2024Victoria Nyst's love for sign language was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The university ...
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How language reveals what you're really saying: 'Interesting if it's language-independent' 30 April 2024In a conversation, you provide all sorts of information to the listener. For example, you can indicate that you're certain about something, or that yo...
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Two researchers receive Rubicon grant for research abroad 22 April 2024Uncovering ageing processes in the brain and research on the use of the word ‘that’. Thanks to a Rubicon Grant, two Leiden researchers who were recent...
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‘One day of lessons and the Boa people can read their own language’ 18 April 2024Until recently the Congo’s isolated Boa community had never read a single letter in their own language: quite simply, there was no alphabet to describ...
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Nancy Kula: ‘Languages are very diverse’ 15 April 2024Nancy Kula has been Professor of African Linguistics since 1 February. Now is a good time to hear more about her field of expertise and academic inter...
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How AI helps map sign languages 15 April 2024Like spoken languages, sign languages evolve organically and do not always have the same origin. This produces different ways of communication and ann...
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How live bloggers balance speed and credibility 28 March 2024PhD candidate Sebastiaan van de Lubben has written live blogs about Leiden politics. But how do you go about covering an event while it unfolds? ‘You ...
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‘Stemmen van Afrika’ wins popularisation prize: 'Language is more than grammar' 19 March 2024The Voices of Africa platform is ten years old and has just recently won the annual popularisation prize of the Netherlands Graduate School of Linguis...
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Sjef Barbiers appointed Scientific Director: 'LUCL is unique in the world' 05 March 2024The LUCL has a new Scientific Director. Professor Sjef Barbiers took over the reins from Lisa Cheng with effect from 1 January. 'This is a great oppor...
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‘Language is part of your identity; we need to teach children this from an early age’ 04 March 2024Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is e...
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Vici grants for seven researchers from Leiden University 29 February 2024From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the...
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How the rise of AI is creating new opportunities for computational linguists 20 February 2024With the rise of AI, interest in computational linguistics and language models has taken flight. But machines are far from being able to go it alone. ...
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App on Gender Equality Launched at FGW: 'We have to do it together' 14 February 2024Male scientists owe their position to their brilliance, women to their hard work. Or do they? The Equalista app helps staff and students at the Facult...
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New professor Alwin Kloekhorst: 'The origin of your language also says something about you' 08 February 2024Where does Dutch come from? Newly appointed Professor Alwin Kloekhorst looks for an answer to that question in millennia-old languages from Anatolia, ...