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Linguists from Leiden decipher Phrygian and Lydian inscriptions 13 September 2012
Linguists Alwin Kloekhorst and Alexander Lubotsky from Leiden University made a great discovery this summer. They deciphered a few dozen inscriptions ...
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Leiden Summer School connects linguists internationally 09 August 2012
'Every year the courses are different, and there are new things to learn.' The 6th Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics from 18-29 July t...
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2012 Wat is uw impact, meneer Kant? 15 May 2012
Prof. dr. Roberta D'Alessandro has written an article on the increasing difficulties that researchers encounter when they apply for a research grant i...
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Leiden delves into the mystery of the brain and language 13 April 2012
The Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC) is concentrating increasingly on research into the role of the brain in language development. The ...
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In search of the frontier between sound and language 13 March 2012
Comparison between babies and song-birds when they are learning a non-existent language—a study of this kind has never been tried before. But this is ...
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Public symposium Twee Talen - één BeTalen 12 May 2011
What are the advantages of speaking a second language? Why do some people find it easier to learn a second language than others? Does a dialect count ...
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“Leiden linguists play a key role in linguistics”
From 2 to 5 September 2015, Leiden served as the stage for one of the world’s largest linguistics conferences: the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE)...