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What is the future of translation software within the university?06 November 2023Is there a place for machine translation engines like Google Translate within the Faculty of Humanities? Associate professor Lettie Dorst’s new educat...
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Real language comes to life in Virtual Reality26 October 2023Researchers who want to investigate speakers' ‘natural language use’ face a challenge. Once participants are aware they are being interviewed, they ma...
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Artificial intelligence and clay tablets: not yet a perfect match10 October 2023Translating ancient texts, filling in missing parts of clay tablets: articles are popping up more and more often about the possibilities offered by ar...
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Emeriti professors organise symposium: 'it’s a shame if our knowledge goes to waste'09 October 2023When professors become emeriti, it usually does not mean they stop working. The Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) will therefore soon have a first: a symp...
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New super server at humanities25 September 2023When you think of humanities, you may not immediately think of a new super server. Yet one has just been commissioned. University lecturer Jelena Prok...
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Children's Storybook ‘Sumak Kichwa Wawa’19 September 2023What do you get when you combine traditional storytelling, new technology, and a whole lot of creative passion? Sumak Kichwa Wawa, an Andean children'...
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Michaël Peyrot appointed professor: 'We have a bright future ahead of us'11 September 2023Michaël Peyrot has been appointed professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics with retroactive ...
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Olja Karmanova wins Faculty Teaching Prize 202311 September 2023The Humanities Faculty Teaching Award has been won by Olja Karmanova. The Russian lecturer was presented with the award during the opening of the facu...
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Digging for treasure in archives: what did spoken Scots sound like?05 September 2023How 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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The mechanism behind a friendly chat: 'Puzzle gets unravelled bit by bit'01 September 2023A friendly chat is more complicated than you might think. As soon as the other person finishes talking, you already have an answer ready. But how do w...
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Cattle, rather than geometric shapes, determine how the Hamar see the world11 August 2023Sara Petrollino, a university lecturer in linguistics, strongly believes that language influences the way we see the world. An NWO Open Competition (X...
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Why is that word there? Research on language structure completed01 August 2023Communication is the transmission of information. All day long we are busy explaining and making things clear to each other, but exactly how we do tha...
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Dutch Research Council pilot programme funding for seven researchers06 July 2023Seven researchers from Leiden University have made a successful application to the Open Competition SSH (Social Sciences and Humanities) XS, a Dutch R...
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How seals point to an undocumented prehistoric language03 July 2023Language can be a time machine: we can learn from ancient texts how our ancestors interacted with the world around them. But can language also teach u...
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SSH labs: a place to be inspired by your colleagues19 June 2023The new SSH labs will offer great opportunities for FSW and FGW staff engaged in experimental research. The labs will be a place of inspiration, not o...