Using speech analysis to resolve crimes. That's what Meike de Boer (26) is aiming to do with her PhD research. 'By analysing how a person pronounces "...

Brain scanners have radically changed neurolinguistics. They are increasing our understanding of how the brain processes language. Professor Niels Sch...

The human brain stores not only individual words, but also all kinds of abstract information about these words. Research by Leiden linguists has shown...

During 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...

Professor Jenny Doetjes at Leiden University researches similarities and differences in languages, specifically in the area of numerals and quantifier...

Berber languages have long been banned from public life in North Africa, but the situation has changed drastically. Linguistic research is generating ...

Dr Jenny Doetjes was appointed Professor of Semantics and Language Variation in February. During her professorship Dr. Doetjes wishes to focus on char...

Studying languages enables you to unearth a lot of valuable information about humans: it reveals our history and explains cultural differences and it ...