Bert van Pinxteren
Guest researcher
- Name
- Dr. L.M.C. van Pinxteren
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3387-923X
Bert van Pinxteren is a guest researcher at the Centre for Linguistics.
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- Löhr D., Ojongnkpot C.O.B., Oloruntoba-Oju T., Pinxteren L.M.C. van & Yussuf A. (Eds.) (2026), Local languages, global futures: language, learning, and sustainability in Africa. Afrika Studien. München: AVM Verlag.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2026), Future trajectories for multilingual education in Africa: longer-term policy options. In: Löhr D., Ojongnkpot C.O.B., Oloruntoba-Oju T. Pinxteren L.M.C. van & Yussuf A. (Eds.), Local languages, global futures: language, learning, and sustainability in Africa. München: AVM Verlag. 175-195.
- Löhr D. Ojongnkpot C.B.O. Oloruntoba-Oju T. Pinxteren L.M.C. van & Yussuf A. (2026), Local languages, global futures: language, learning, and sustainability in Africa. In: Löhr D. Ojongnkpot C.B.O. Oloruntoba-Oju T. Pinxteren L.M.C. van & Yussuf A. (Eds.), Local languages, global futures: language, learning, and sustainability in Africa. München: AVM Verlag. 7-18.
- Diallo D., Kisembe E., Oloruntoba-Oju T., Pinxteren L.M.C.. van & Yallew A. (2025), Editorial: the relevance of language policy in Africa, Language Policy in Africa 1(1): 1-7.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2025), The concepts of discerned and designed languages and their relevance for East Africa, Language Policy in Africa 1(1): 20-35.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2025), Understanding Africa, understanding the world: how WEIRD can it be?. In: Drengk D., Hendriks T., Verbuyst R. & Wels H. (Eds.), Remembering research realities: celebrating the research master’s African studies, Leiden university. African Studies Collection no. 86. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden. 167-181.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2025), Let’s look at the bigger picture: educational and language sciences in and on Africa or the problem of the 2000 languages. In: Bagga-Gupta S. (Ed.), The Palgrave handbook of decolonising the educational and language sciences: Springer Nature Switzerland. 433-455.
- Djouroukoro D., Oloruntoba-Oju T., Otundo B., Pinxteren L.M.C. van & Yallew A.T. (2025), Editorial: five paradigms about language use in Africa, Language Policy in Africa 1(2): 1-3.
- Kamdem S., Ojongnkpot C. & Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2024), Decolonizing Cameroon’s language policies: a critical assessment, Applied Linguistics Review : .
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2024), Review of: Kretzer M. & Kaschula R. (2022), Handbook of language policy and education in countries of the Southern African development community (SADC). Brill's Handbooks in Linguistics. Leiden: Brill. Language Policy .
- Pinxteren L.M.C. (2024), The concepts of discerned and designed languages and their relevance for Africa. In: Essegbey J., Henderson B., McLaughlin F. & Diercks M. (Eds.), Pushing the boundaries: selected papers from the 51-52 Annual Conference on African Linguistics. Contemporary African Linguistics. Berlin: Language Science Press. 359-374.
- Pinxteren B. van (2023), The relevance of medium of instruction and mother tongue for different types of educational systems, International Journal of Educational Development 103: 102923.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2023), Botswana as a decolonial bastion in Africa, Studies in African Linguistics 52(13): 268-277.
- ResCue E. & Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2023), The policy relevance of indigenous languages for higher education in Africa: a Ghanaian perspective, Policy Futures in Education 21(8): 900-915.
- Oloruntoba-Oju T. & Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2023), Issues in introducing indigenous languages in higher education in Africa: the example of Nigeria, Language Problems and Language Planning 47(1): 1-23.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van & Oloruntoba-Oja T. (15 February 2023), The elephant in the room: citizenship and language (a reply to Bjarnesen et al). Democracy in Africa: Nic Cheeseman. [blog entry].
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van & Oloruntoba-Oju T. (22 March 2023), Where is Hochnamibian?: A rejoinder to Bjarnesen et al. Democracy in Africa: Nic Cheeseman. [blog entry].
- Sanon-Ouattara F.E.G. & Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2022), Implementing indigenous languages in education in Francophone Africa: examining ways and means in Burkina Faso, ReSciLac 15(1): 103-122.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2022), Language of instruction in education in Africa: how new questions help generate new answers, International Journal of Educational Development 88: 102524.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2022), Language and education in Africa : a fresh approach to the debates on language, education, and cultural identity. African Studies Collection no. 80. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL).
- Oloruntoba-Oju T., Pinxteren L.M.C. van & Schmied J. (Eds.) (2022), Language of education and development in Africa: prospects for decolonisation and empowerment. Research in English and Applied Linguistics no. 20. Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2022), Culture and language: empowering and disempowering ideas. In: Oloruntoba-Oju T, Pinxteren L.M.C. van & Schmied J. (Eds.), Language of education and empowerment in Africa: prospects for decolonisation and empowerment. Research in English and Applied Linguistics no. 20. Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag. 23-34.
- Oloruntoba-Oju T., Pinxteren L.M.C. van & Schmied J. (2022), Empowering African languages: an introduction. In: Oloruntoba-Oju T., Pinxteren L.M.C. van & Schmied J. (Eds.), Language of education and development in Africa: prospects for decolonisation and empowerment. Research in English and Applied Linguistics no. 20. Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag. 1-8.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2022), Multilingualism and multiculturalism: why Africa is different. In: Charamba E. (Ed.), Handbook of research on teaching in multicultural and multilingual contexts. Hershey: IGI Global. 47-61.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2022), The “elephant in the room”: why and how medium of instruction and decolonisation of education are linked, Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education 17(2): 79-91.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van, Emirhafizović M., Dailidienė I., Figurek A., Hălbac-Cotoară-Zamfir R. & Mętrak M. (2021), Education for Resilience: How a Combination of Systemic and Bottom-Up Changes in Educational Services Can Empower Dryland Communities in Africa and Central Asia, Journal of Asian and African Studies 56(6): 1271-1285.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2021), Cultural Autonomy and Cultural Dimensions in Africa—as Evidenced from the Afrobarometer Survey. In: Ouedraogo J.B. & Schumaker L. (Eds.), Méthod(e)s, African Review of Social Science Methodology. Revue africaine de méthodologie des sciences sociales: Ibidem . 89-110.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (16 September 2021), Language, education and identity in Africa (Dissertatie. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL), Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University) LOT dissertation series no. 595. Amsterdam: LOT. Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Mous M.P.G.M., Akinyoade A.
- Chebanne A.M. & Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2021), Why is a gradual transition to Botswana’s languages in higher education necessary? How can it be achieved?, Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 39(4): 390-403.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2020), National Culture and Africa Revisited: Ethnolinguistic Group Data from 35 African Countries, Cross-Cultural Research 54(1): .
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2020), Is Iraqw an easy language to learn?. In: Wal G.J. van der, Smits H.J., Petrollino S., Nyst V.A.S. & Kossmann M.G. (Eds.), Essays on African languages and linguistics : in honour of Maarten Mous. ASC occasional publications no. 41. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden. 133-155.
- Pinxteren L.M.C. van (2018), What do Enrolment Data say about Education?. In: Breedveld A. & Jansen J. (Eds.), Education for Life in Africa. ASCL occasional publications no. 34. Leiden: Afican Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). 35-50.