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Babies' hearing important in language deficiency19 March 2018During the first year of life, babies adapt to the language they hear around them. In the event of hearing difficulties, this can lead to a language d...
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Understanding the brain via language23 January 2018Professor Jenny Doetjes at Leiden University researches similarities and differences in languages, specifically in the area of numerals and quantifier...
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The unstoppable advance of Berber06 November 2017Berber languages have long been banned from public life in North Africa, but the situation has changed drastically. Linguistic research is generating ...
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Leiden University receives first Javanese Culture Award28 October 2017On 28 October, Leiden University received the first Javanese Culture Prize from Universitas Sebelas Maret in Solo, Indonesia. The jury praised Leiden ...
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1200 North Korean posters in one database08 June 2017Korea specialist Koen De Ceuster has combined 1200 posters from North Korea in one database. He believes the posters are extremely valuable for resear...
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Maarten Kossmann appointed as professor for Berber Studies01 April 2017The University Executive Board has appointed Maarten Kossmann as professor for Berber Studies as of April 1, 2017. The Leiden University Centre for Li...
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Jenny Doetjes appointed Professor of Semantics and Language Variation03 March 2017
Dr Jenny Doetjes was appointed Professor of Semantics and Language Variation in February. During her professorship Dr. Doetjes wishes to focus on char...
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First grammar of Hamar reveals unique language system08 November 2016Linguist Sara Petrollino has written the first detailed grammar of Hamar, a language spoken in south-west Ethiopia that has some unique characteristic...
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‘The Honours Academy is a testing ground’11 October 2016Pushing the limits and trying things out. The academic year of the Honours Academy started on 10 October and all the speakers encouraged students to j...
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Male birds may sing, but females are faster at discriminating sounds12 May 2016It may well be that only male zebra finches can sing, but the females are faster at learning to discriminate sounds. Leiden researchers publish their...
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Junius Symposium: exciting new research on Old Germanic studies16 March 2016While Old Germanic studies might seem dated and, regrettably, occupies a less than secure position in various academic institutions, exciting new rese...
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Dialects as the key to Japanese prehistory17 November 2015Japanese was not always the language spoken in Japan. Researchers link the arrival of the language in Japan with the migration of farmers around 400 B...
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Prof. dr. Holger Gzella elected as member of the Academia Europaea30 September 2015
LUCL member prof. dr. Holger Gzella has been elected as member of the Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe).
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Thijs Porck participates in the SELIM conference in Granada, Spain29 September 2015
From 17 to 19 September, the University of Granada organized the 27th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language an...
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Introducing Tingting Hui, PhD candidate at LUCAS11 September 2015
Tingting Hui started her PhD project at LUCAS in September 2015. Her promotors will be Ernst van Alphen and Yasco Horsman from the Literary Studies de...