Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) is one of seven institutes housed within the Faculty of Humanities.
Established in 2005, the institute focuses on linguistic research and (language) teaching at Leiden University. It offers excellent opportunities for both researchers and students alike to study a wide variety of the world’s languages. The Academic Language Centre, as part of LUCL, provides language services to university students and staff but also to individuals and groups outside the university.
News
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In search of the family tree of the Highland East Cushitic languages: ‘Contact between languages proved to be incredibly important’ -
Gaining insight through listening: ‘Creole languages should be taken seriously’ -
Restoring the reputation of the Javanese tradition of the Uttarakāṇḍa: ‘If you ignore one of the traditions, you ignore information about the tradition’
Upcoming events
Leiden Language Blog (EN & NL)
Research projects
PhD projects
Dissertations
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A Lexical and Phonological Reconstruction of Highland East Cushitic, including a Comparative East Cushitic Database -
Production and Online Processing of Tonal Coarticulation in Standard Chinese: Evidence from L1 Speakers and L2 Learners -
Learning from the Scribes: A Study of the Old Javanese Uttarakāṇḍa from the Merapi-Merbabu Tradition
