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NWO grant for Claartje Levelt: how toddlers learn words 26 September 2022Professor Claartje Levelt, together with Paula Fikkert (Radboud University), has received an NWO Open Competition grant for research into the developm...
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NWO grant for research about crossing language borders: ‘ We know very little about how multilingualism works outside Western societies’ 26 September 2022Professor Felix Ameka and university lecturer Maria del Carmen Parafita Couta have received an NWO Open Competition grant together with Enoch Aboh (Un...
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Dutch people should stop ‘politely’ switching to English 26 September 2022Endangered languages can survive if they are taught properly to new speakers, such as people with a migrant background. This is what Professor by Spec...
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From Azerbaijani to Swedish: ‘Multilingualism improves your understanding of others’ 26 September 2022September 26 is the European Day of Languages. There are 24 official languages in Europe but some 200 languages in total are spoken on our continent. ...
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Neurolinguists investigate the brain: not two, but three options for brain functional categories 01 September 2022Based on the results of a language-switching experiment, PhD candidate Fatemeh (Simeen) Tabassi Mofrad MA and Professor Niels Schiller have discovered...
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Newscheckers wins European Citizen Award 07 July 2022The fact-checking initiative Nieuwscheckers has won the Dutch round of the European Citizens Award. This prize is awarded annually to projects and ini...
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Maarten Mous: ‘Your language is part of the world’ 20 June 2022In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. Professor of African Linguistics ...
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A day as an intern at the Leidsch Dagblad 14 June 2022The Journalism and New Media study programme is celebrating its 20th anniversary. On the occasion of the anniversary, student Iris Kole gives a glimps...
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Meike de Boer: ‘The word 'uh' can help track down suspects’ 13 June 2022In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. PhD candidate Meike de Boer knows...
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Maria del Carmen Parafita Couto: ‘I have to speak to my cats in Galician’ 30 May 2022In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. University lecturer Maria Del Car...
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Nieuwscheckers: FVD politicians amplify anti-Semitism on Twitter 24 May 2022Politicians from Forum voor Democratie (FVD) regularly retweet anti-Semitic accounts. They therefore promote players from a social media network in wh...
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Student Aline-Priscillia: ‘I am an odd academic, I’m not very attached to outcomes’ 11 May 2022In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and academics talk about their passion for their field. Student Aline-Priscillia is particu...
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Benjamin Suchard: ‘The more you send out into the world, the more likely it will stick’ 25 April 2022How do you make niche subjects interesting and accessible? Benjamin Suchard, historical linguist and researcher, seems to have created the perfect rec...
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Comenius Senior Fellow grants for three Leiden lecturers 21 April 2022Three lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded a 100,000-euro Comenius Teaching Fellowship within the scope of the Senior Fellows programme....
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Ukrainian course to start soon: ‘Useful for contact with refugees’ 21 April 2022The Academic Language Centre is organising an introduction to Ukrainian with the Russian Studies/Russian and Eurasian Studies programmes. This six-par...