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Digging for treasure in archives: what did spoken Scots sound like? 05 September 2023
How did Scottish speakers sound hundreds of years ago? University lecturer Mo Gordon thinks the answer to that question can be found in church archive...
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Language during war: the changing position of Russian in Ukraine 06 June 2023
The impact of war extends beyond destroyed buildings and torn families. In bilingual Ukraine, the ongoing war with Russia is a major driver for increa...
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Teaming up with Portugal: as a doctor, how do you talk to a patient? 02 June 2023
As a doctor, coming to a decision together with a patient: how do you do that in the best possible way? Researchers Geert Warnar and Roosmaryn Pilgram...
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What influence did French really have on Dutch? 15 May 2023
Just as some people today dislike English influences on the Dutch language, in early modern times people also criticised the Frenchification of Dutch....
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Online curiosity explored: 'We are more likely to accept information uncritically if it answers a question' 19 April 2023
What do people wonder about on social media? University lecturer Matthijs Westera is the recipient of an NWO grant to investigate what people are curi...
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NWO Open Competition for research on inclusive religion and identity: 'Impact on LGBTQIA+ community still underexplored' 13 March 2023
What is the impact of religion and its discourse on the lives of queer people in countries where LGBTQIA+ individuals are not accepted? University Lec...
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How Russia uses language as a weapon of war 23 January 2023
According to Russian propaganda Ukrainians are Nazis and people from the West are Satanists. Egbert Fortuin thinks we should take Russia’s words and m...
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Alex Reuneker awarded Frans van Eemeren prize 13 October 2022
University lecturer Alex Reuneker has won the Frans van Eemeren Prize for his paper 'Assessing classification reliability of conditionals in discourse'.
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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 2022
Professor 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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Opposing the French participle clause 10 February 2022
The Dutch phrase ‘ijs en weder dienende’ (literally, ‘ice and weather serving’) is a good example of what is known as a participle clause and is perha...
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Crossing the divide: learning about language policies and practices around the world 08 July 2021
During the past year online meetings and lectures have become a firm feature of university life. One of the highlights of the Leiden University Centre...
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The Golden Dawn verdict and the inescapable element of language 26 October 2020
On 7 October, a court in Athens, Greece, convicted leaders of the far-right Golden Dawn party as directing a criminal organization. Marina Terkourafi,...
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Language and belonging in the 21st century 12 April 2018
What does it take to truly be ‘one of us’ and what role does language play in this process? In short, what is the difference between ‘a language we un...