LUCL - Linguistics in Leiden

Make sure to cheer the LUCL team at the Singelloop today and help them raise money to help the Taalmuseum!

More info: https://www.geef.nl/nl/actie/lucl-singelloop-for-taalmuseum/updates

http://www.mareonline.nl/archive/2018/04/19/het-clubje-heel-leiden-rent-straks-mee

Het Clubje: 'Heel Leiden rent straks mee' Lees online Download Mare Het Clubje: 'Heel Leiden rent straks mee' Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) Foto Taco van der Eb Alex Reuneker (onderzoeker): ‘Dit wordt al de derde keer dat we meedoen met de Singelloop. We gaan lopen met zijn twaalven.’ Niels Schiller (directeur): ‘Dri...

Research traineeship opportunities for MA Linguistics students!

Research projects The Review Committee has selected ten projects for the upcoming year of the Research Traineeship Programme. You can find the proposals below.

Join us for the first Linguistics Movie Night of this academic year!

We are going watch the classic movie '12 Angry Men' from 1957 and discuss biases and persuasion with dr. Henrike Jansen. Free snacks and drinks included!

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7CBKT0PWFA
Let us know if you are coming: https://www.facebook.com/events/184900298752307/

Save the dates for the upcoming LUCL Colloquia!

Prof. Maarten Mous talks about “Reconstructing the history of the mixed language Ma’á/Mbugu through its lexicon” during the inaugural lecture of the new LUCL Sociolinguistics Lecture Series! Check out the schedule for the upcoming talks this semester!

Check out the programme for the upcoming Engaged Humanities Summer School 2017 (12 - 16 June) on the topic of “Language, Heritage and Transdisciplinarity”, organized by the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” of the University of Warsaw, in collaboration with SOAS (University of London) and Leiden University.

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2017/06/enghum-summerschool-2017

Engaged Humanities Summer School 2017 - Language, Heritage, Transdisciplinarity The summer school “Language, Heritage and Transdisciplinarity” is organized by the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” of the University of Warsaw, in collaboration with SOAS (University of London) and Leiden University within the Engaged Humanities project (Twinning Horizon 2020). It will take place betwe...

Vanavond om 19:00 uur gaat Olga Kepinska vertellen over haar promotieonderzoek bij het radioprogramma Science071 van Sleutelstad FM. Tune in: http://sleutelstad.nl/player!

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Don't miss the Linguistics Movie Night tonight!

All welcome to the Linguistics Movie Night tonight: 'Do I sound gay?' with introduction by Prof. Marina Terkourafi.

Upcoming event on 9 June 2017: the launch of the new Language Learning Resource Centre!

Registration deadline is 28 May, so register today to attend this exciting event. Check out the programme here: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2017/06/the-launch-of-the-new-language-learning-resource-centre

The Launch of the new Language Learning Resource Centre At Leiden University, 20 languages are taught across different institutes and at different educational programs. Additionally, researchers on second/foreign language acquisition and teacher trainers reside in different institutes. The new Language Learning Resource Center (LLRC) will unite all thes...

Check out the latest on the Leiden Language Blog: Alex Reuneker on the grammar of traffic signs!

http://www.linguisticsinleiden.nl/articles/auto-op-slot-buit-eruit-de-grammatica-van-verkeersborden

Leiden Language Blog - Articles - Auto op slot, buit eruit – de grammatica van verkeersborden Leiden Language Blog.

Taalmuseum Leiden zoekt een communicatieprofessional!
http://taalmuseumleiden.nl/vacature

Vacature | Taal! Vacature: communicatie Taalmuseum Leiden zoekt een enthousiaste en flexibele: Zelfstandige Communicatieprofessional (ca. 24 uur per week) …

All interested are invited to join us at the workshop on the "Languages in Nusantara", organised on the occasion of Nanda's defence on 23 May 2017. More info on time and place, as well as the workshop programme, can be found here: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2017/05/workshop-on-languages-in-nusantara

Workshop on Languages in Nusantara Lecture | (Workshop) Workshop on Languages in Nusantara Date 23 May 2017 Time 13:50 - 17:30 hrs. Address Lipsius Building Cleveringaplaats 1 2311 BD Leiden Room 002 On occasion of Ernanda's defense LUCL organizes a ' Workshop on Languages in Nusantara (Indonesia)' See program here.

Interested in which languages are spoken in The Hague? Read more about Prof. Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade's project in the latest post on the Leiden Language Blog, and follow (and LIKE!) the project on the Haagse Talen page (https://www.facebook.com/haagsetalen/).

http://www.linguisticsinleiden.nl/articles/haagse-talen

Leiden Language Blog - Articles - Haagse Talen Leiden Language Blog.

Are you, or people you know, interested in knowing more about the MA Linguistics at Leiden University? We are available for you via Skype! Add us today to chat with us, or to schedule a Skype call.

It is application time of year again! Are you thinking about applying for the MA Linguistics at Leiden University and do you have questions about the programme? You can now reach us on Skype!

Friday afternoon reading: our latest Leiden Language Blog post on the linguistics of advocating for children's rights, by Research MA student Emily Bernstein and her colleague Eszter Párkányi. This is the first in a series of blog posts on their research in linguistics, translation and human rights, so, stay tuned for more!

http://www.linguisticsinleiden.nl/articles/the-linguistics-of-advocating-for-childrens-rights

Leiden Language Blog - Articles - The linguistics of advocating for children’s rights Leiden Language Blog.

Today: LUCL Colloquium with Marian Klamer, Hanna Fricke and Francesca Moro on contact-induced change in Eastern Indonesia

What can synchronic data tell us about the past?: Contact-induced change in Eastern Indonesia In areas without written historical records, where archaeological and ethnographic data are absent or sparse, language forms the backbone of our understanding of socio-cultural history. In our VICI project we investigate one such region in eastern Indonesia (see Figure 1). It focusses on the questio...

Marina Terkourafi joined Leiden University as the new Professor of Sociolinguistics in January of this year, kicking off with her first lecture for International Studies in the Elective "Languages of the World". Prof. Terkourafi specializes in sociolinguistics and pragmatics, with a research focus on politeness and impoliteness. In this interview, she shares her fascination for sociolinguistics, talks about its importance and its day-to-day application, her international career and her expectations of teaching in the BA International Studies.

Sociolinguistics Special: “Meaning is not a solitary affair” Interview with Marina Terkourafi - Newsletter - Humanities - Geesteswetenschappen - Universiteit Leiden Leiden University offers outstanding international students an intellectually exciting learning environment with high academic standards. Rather than concentrating on knowledge transfer, the focus is on debate and critical thinking whereby students' abilities to think independently is greatly stimul...

Two exciting events coming up this week: Linguistics Movie Night on Wednesday, and the LUCL Colloquium on Friday!

Generative Linguistics in the Old World is taking place at Leiden University this week! Find out more about the conference programme here: https://glow2017.wordpress.com, and check out the live stream from the talks: https://weblectures.leidenuniv.nl/Mediasite/Play/1c583386d9754f8c9bab4359843c7c451d

(no title) Generative Linguistics in the Old World

New from the Leiden Language Blog: http://www.linguisticsinleiden.nl/articles/de-17e-taalkundeolympiade-een-kennismaking-met-de-taalwetenschap1

Leiden Language Blog - Articles - De 17e taalkundeolympiade: een kennismaking met de taalwetenschap Leiden Special Collections Blog.

New from the Leiden Language Blog: Research MA student Isabella writes about her fieldwork experience in Dakar, Senegal. What do goats have to do with it? Find out here: http://www.linguisticsinleiden.nl/articles/goats-and-fieldwork-in-dakar

Leiden Language Blog - Articles - Goats and fieldwork in Dakar Leiden Special Collections Blog.

Are you a BA/MA/PhD student in linguistics and would like to participate in a great student conference in linguistics? Don't miss this opportunity - apply for TWIST!

*** Note: The deadline has been extended to Sunday March 5th! (23:59 CET) ***

We are now calling for abstracts! http://conference.studieverenigingtwist.nl/call-for-abstracts

Are you a BA, MA or PhD student in linguistics or doing language-related research? Have you recently written a paper, project report or thesis that you want to share with an enthusiastic community of fellow students?
T.W.I.S.T. Student Conference for Linguistics will take place on April 21st and 22nd 2017, at Leiden University in The Netherlands, and we want your abstract! Please submit it through the abstract submission form on our website: http://conference.studieverenigingtwist.nl/
The deadline for submitting your abstract is t̶h̶e̶ ̶2̶8̶t̶h̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶F̶e̶b̶r̶u̶a̶r̶y̶ March 5th 2017, selected speakers will be announced within two weeks thereafter. We hope to see you in April!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Happy holidays! As we're all spending time with our loved ones, the buildings of the Faculty of Humanities will be closed on the following days:

24 December 2016 | Christmas Eve
25 en 26 December 2016 | Christmas and Boxing Day
27 t/m 31 December 2016 | Compulsory collective closures
1 January | New Year

It was a great pleasure to have Martin Haspelmath as our speaker at the final LUCL Colloquium for 2016!

Congratulations to LUCL members prof. dr. Maarten Mous and dr. Victoria Nyst, as well as prof. dr. Judi Mesman from the Social Sciences faculty, on receiving a Lustrumsubsidie for their project on the language socialisation of deaf families in Africa

LUF wijst Lustrumsubsidies toe aan interfacultaire projecten - Bericht - Leids Universiteits Fonds Het jaar 2015 was zowel voor de Universiteit Leiden als het Leids Universiteits Fonds (LUF) een lustrumjaar, dat uitgebreid gevierd is. Zo ontving Rector Magnificus, Carel Stolker, tijdens het door het LUF georganiseerde Lustrum Fun(d)diner in de Pieterskerk uit handen van Stan de Klerk-Waller, voor...

Today is the last chance to register for the upcoming symposium on usage guides and language prescriptivism, organised by the Bridging the Unbridgeable project. For more info, see: https://bridgingtheunbridgeable.com/2016/06/16/9-december-preliminary-programme/

Last chance: 9 December – Life after HUGE? Registration will close soon Below, you will find the preliminary programme for the symposium Life after HUGE? which will be held on 9 December at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. Registration is now open, and you…

Linguistics Movie Night tonight - all are welcome!

Linguistics Movie Night tonight! Don't miss this wonderful film, followed by interesting discussion on speech production with prof. dr Niels Schiller. All are welcome!

https://www.facebook.com/events/533268190205224/

A workshop on Nominal Classification is taking place tomorrow, 10 November, on the occasion of Sara Petrollino's defence - for more info and registration, see: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2016/11/workshop-on-nominal-classification

Last month we launched the Leiden Language Blog - a place where LUCL researchers write about their research and other topics related to language and linguistics. For more, see https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2016/10/lucl-launches-own-blog

LUCL launches own blog - Leiden University The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) has recently launched its own blog: the Leiden Language Blog. With this blog, the institute wants to offer a platform for its researchers to present their research to a general audience.