Scientific mission of LOT
The aim of LOT is to create a scientific community in which this research can be optimally pursued, and to educate the next generation of researchers with an open mind toward new disciplinary and interdisciplinary developments, theoretical and methodological alternatives, and possible applications.
LOT stimulates new initiatives and developments in research, and provides a national forum to further communication between the participating institutes with a view to short- and long-term collaboration.
LOT School Series
LOT was officially established in June 1994 by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. The LOT school series soon acquired an international reputation as a result of inviting well-known linguists to teach at the schools.
The research by the LOT institutes covers all major areas of linguistics, and exploits a wide range of methodological tools and theoretical frameworks.
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LOT Dissertations Webshop
LOT has a small publishing component: the LOT Dissertation Series. This is meant for PhD students who work at a LOT institute.
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Guest lectures by Mark L. Louden and Göz Kaufmann
The Language Variation in 4D Research group will host two guest talks by Mark L. Louden and Göz Kaufmann on the 26th of August. All are welcome to join.
Call for Papers: Sociolinguistics Circle 2026
You are invited to submit an abstract for the 12th edition of the Sociolinguistics Circle, to be held in Brussels. The deadline for submissions is before December 1st.
LOT 696 | Complex syntactic constructions in Russian Sign Language and Sign Language of the Netherlands
The Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics is pleased to announce a new publication in the LOT Dissertation Series by Evgeniia Khristoforova
LOT 695 | Morphological Encoding of Mandarin Chinese
The Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics is pleased to announce a new publication in the LOT Dissertation Series by Jiaqi Wang.
Dag van de Fonetiek 2025 / Phonetics Days 2025
The Dutch Association for Phonetic Sciences invites submissions on current and recently finished phonetic research for its annual Phonetics Day on Friday, 31st October.
LOT 694 | Processing Dependencies in Discourse
The Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics is pleased to announce a new publication in the LOT Dissertation Series by Tijn Schmitz.
Conference programme for the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA 2025) in The Hague
The International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA) invites you to attend their 33rd annual conference in The Hague, 20-23 July.
Kletskoppen:Taal en wetenschap in de praktijk
The Radboud University and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics zoeken stagiaires voor het organiseren van het Kletskoppen Festival 2025-2026.
Symposium: Building a new life in a new language: Challenges and opportunities for child refugees
Utrecht University invites you to attend a symposium on the 26th of September, 2025.
Call for the AVT-ANÉLA PhD Dissertation Award 2025
The General Association for Linguistics (AVT) and the Dutch Association for Applied Linguistics (Anéla) are accepting nominations for the best PhD dissertation in the field of linguistics. The deadline for nominations is August 15th, 2025.
LOT 693 | Comparative morphology across categories
The Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics is pleased to announce a new publication in the LOT Dissertation Series by Anastasiia Vyshnevska.
Introducing the LOT Representatives
We are pleased to introduce our LOT representatives. If you have questions, comments, or ideas, contact our representatives, and they will help you.
Utrecht Syntax Interface Lecture EXTRA by Pritha Chandra (IIT Delhi), TODAY, 16:00-17:00
The Utrecht Syntax Interface Lecture invites you to attend a talk by Pritha Chandra, on the syntax of politeness in Eastern Indo-Aryan. The talk takes place today (17 June) from 16:00-17:00.
Plasticity of the language system and its integration with cognition and perception
The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics will host a talk by Marina Bedny on July 7, 10:00 – 11:30.
LOT 692 | The atoms of imperatives
The Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics is pleased to announce a new publication in the LOT Dissertation Series by Engela de Villiers.