In this research project child language phonology is studied from the perspective of a psycholinguistic speech-production model and this model is in turn studied from the perspective of developmental phonology.

On the 12th of December, Eleanor Dutton successfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Eleanor on this achievement.

This doctoral thesis elaborates Langacker’s reference-point model by applying it to lexical semantics.

The goal of this study is to systematically investigate how intonation (speech melody) is conveyed in whispered speech.

The global population speaks approximately 7,000 different languages and approximately half of the world’s population is bilingual. The unique orthographic characteristics of different languages can help us to gain insight into the seemingly simple process of transforming written to spoken words (i.e.,…

Which features characterize speakers’ voices, and how are these features determined by what a speaker is saying?

Course

This project examines how speakers store and process regular pitch variation.

This thesis investigates the processing of words written in Japanese kanji and Chinese hànzì, i.e. logographic scripts.

PhD Defence

PhD Defence

The Laiseang archiving project ensures the preservation of unique records of languages in the region which have been gathered by more than two dozen linguists at, and in collaboration with Dutch universities over the last 40 years.

On July 5th, Mulugeta Tarekegne Tsegaye succesfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Mulugeta on this great result.

In this volume, Ray Jackendoff and Jenny Audring embark on a major reconceptualization of linguistic theory as seen through the lens of morphology. Their approach, Relational Morphology, extends the Parallel Architecture developed by Jackendoff in Foundations of Language (2002), Simpler Syntax (2005),…

This volume provides a sample of the most recent studies on Spanish-English codeswitching both in the Caribbean and among bilinguals in the United States.

German Language and Linguistics at Leiden University offers in-depth knowledge of German linguistic theory and practice.

Edited by linguists Jenny Audring (Leiden University) and Francesca Masini (University of Bologna), this is a unique handbook with a focus on morphology theories rather than morphological data. It covers a wide array of morphological theories, from traditional twentieth century models to current theoretical…

The specialisation Translation of the master's in Linguistics at Leiden University is best characterised by linguistic and cultural mediation.

Psycholinguistic research

This research programme brings together LUCL researchers focusing on theoretical and experimental linguistics. By using theoretical, experimental and digital tools and methods, these researchers seek to understand the nature of language, language acquisition, language variation, and how language is…

Psycholinguistic research

Psycholinguistic research

Psycholinguistic research

Psycholinguistic research

Over 80 speakers from around 15 different countries came together to discuss the latest developments in multilingualism during the Conference on Multilingualism 2019 (COM2019). This year’s conference was hosted by Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) at Leiden University.

Two researchers at Leiden University who have recently received their doctorates have been awarded Rubicon grants to carry out research abroad. Both will be going to the US. one to conduct research on the spread of tumours and and the other to study nuclear fusion.

The research programme Formal Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics brings together LUCL researchers who focus mainly on formal theoretical and experimental linguistics.

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Conference

Please find the final COM2019 programme (per day) below. A pdf version of the tentative programme can be found at the bottom of this page.

Language offers new insights into our history, cultural differences, migration, and the way in which our brain processes information. This knowledge can in turn help us understand what it means to be human, as well as opening the way to many practical applications. In order to realise these goals, linguists…

The Leiden University Center for Linguistics (LUCL) will organise Going Romance 2019 on November 28-29, 2019.

Summer has only just started but before you know it September (and COM2019) will be here! In order to get to know our keynote speakers, we are introducing them by means of short interviews. First up is M. Carmen Parafita Couto from the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

Leiden University offers some 50 minors. Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam have also developed 5 joint minors.

Lecture, LUCL Colloquium - Spring 2014

This project on the role of FoxPs in vocal perception and production learning is part of nine PhD-positions funded by the NWO Gravitation Programme which was granted to the Dutch Research Consortium 'Language in Interaction'

Lecture

As part of a planned newsfeed up and until the conference, we will be publishing interviews with each of the conference keynote speakers. Kicking off these news bulletins is conference host and LUCL Academic Director Professor Niels Schiller. We would like to also take this opportunity to announce…

Conference