LiME Meertens presents a two-day workshop devoted to language variation and change in the Belgian and Dutch provinces of Limburg. We have engaged invited speakers from different linguistic backgrounds, but we also invite 30 minute contributions which should zoom in on the workshop’s general topics, but which need not be restricted to the Limburg, or even to the Dutch language area.
It is no longer possible to register for the LOT Summer School 2024 in Leiden.
The deadline for the registration is Friday 10 May. Later registration (up to the day of the workshop itself) is also possible, but we will not be able to ensure catering for you in this case. Participation is also possible online in which case we ask you to register as well to be able to receive further information.
The aim of this conference is to provide a platform for and to stimulate critical discussions on policy development for minority languages and multilingualism in various contexts, from the home to education. We invite presentations that examine language policies, practices, ideologies, and attitudes at all levels (international, national, regional, societal, institutional, group, family, and individual).
On June 28th we organise the second Linguistics Communication day, themed: accessible communication (“toegankelijk communiceren”) – how to reach a broader audience. In two short, interactive lectures Liesbeth Smith (known from the theonlinescientist) and Jet Doedel (teacher, writer and editor) discuss this question. Each with their own focus.
Attention all LOT RMA, PhD students and alumni: Don’t miss out on the unique opportunity to participate in the Lingathon, an event with a linguistic twist on the traditional hackathon.
We are excited to announce a MODIFED workshop organized by the Re-examining Dialect Syntax Network (REEDs) and Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities (LUCDH). This 2-day workshop will take place at Leiden University on Thursday 20 June and Friday 21 June 2024.
The research group ‘Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics’ (QLVL) of the Faculty of Arts at KU Leuven and The Institute for Italian Language and Literature of the University of Bern (Linguistics division), invite applications for two four-year junior researcher-position on a new research project funded by the FWO & FNS Weave program(Flanders and Switzerland): MovIT – Moving Italian(s): Standard language change among moving Italians.
On June 13th 2024, the Language Learning Resource Centre (Leiden University) is organizing a one-day conference on the topic of Critical, ethical, and practical use of AI in the language classroom. The keynote will be held by Esther van der Stappen (lector Digital Education, Avans University of Applied Sciences).
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 13th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, which will be held at the Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, August 29-31, 2024. The conference will be preceded by a doctoral workshop on August 28, 2024.
Registration for the LOT Summer School 2024 is possible until 6 May 2024.
The Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics is pleased to announce a new publication in the LOT Dissertation Series by Manolis Fragkiadakis.
Katja Lubina (LUCL) is organising a number of Career Orientation events, which are free for all registered LOT PhD Canddiates. The kick-off will take place on 6 may from 11:00 to 15:00 in Leiden.
Prof. Asli Özyürek (MPI Nijmegen) will present her newest research results and ideas onsite in Groningen. The talk will be streamed online as well.
#BreGroMM+ offers workshops for everyone interested in multimodality research. A particular aim is to introduce Research Master and PhD students from the Netherlands to the context of multimodality and the ongoing activities in this field. LOT pays for their members’ travel costs!
We would like to draw your attention to the addition of Sandy Barasa’s course description, entitled: Social media and digital media communication in societal contexts.
We are delighted to announce that the Schultink lecture during the LOT Summer School 2024 will be given by prof. dr. Birgit Alber (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy). The title of the lecture is: Crowdsourcing in language documentation – opportunities and challenges.
The Juniorendag of Anéla and VIOT will take place on Friday 19 April 2024 at Radboud University (Nijmegen). BA and MA students, recent graduates, and PhD candidates can present their thesis or PhD research in the field of applied linguistics (language use, language acquisition, language teaching, language proficiency, or communication) in an informal atmosphere on the Juniorendag.
We are happy to announce that the registration for the Leiden/Bielefeld Workshop on Comparative Syntax is open. The LeiBieCos will take place at Leiden University on 23 and 24 May 2024. The program includes a plenary talk by Maria Polinsky (University of Maryland) and two panel discussions: ‘Theoretical approaches to variation’ and ‘Methodology and resources’.
Do you want to gain experience working with Praat, R, Eye-tracking, JASP, Bayesian Statistics and many other research methods? Come visit us at EMLAR!
De faculteit Geesteswetenschappen is op zoek naar een universitair docent op het gebied van de Nederlandse taalkunde.
The Cogling Days of 2024 will take place on December 12-13 at the University of Antwerp. This is the biennial conference of cognitive linguistics in the Low Countries. The theme of the upcoming edition is ‘Cognitive approaches to language: the individual and the community’, but all contributions reporting on recent research in cognitive linguistics or cognitively inspired approaches to language, discourse and cognition are welcome.
Workshop ‘Beyond words: Exploring prosody in non-verbal vocalisations across diverse groups’ (Leiden, the Netherlands, 6 July 2024)
Join us for an engaging multidisciplinary workshop delving deep into the complexities of non-verbal communication in Leiden on 6 July, as a satellite event of Speech Prosody 2024.
After the great kick-off of the series of MEDAL Summer Schools in Tartu, we are already excited about the 2024 Summer School on Experimental Linguistics in Nijmegen! The MEDAL Summer School on Experimental Methods in Linguistics will be held from June 17 to 21, 2024, at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Join this five-day journey designed for the innovators, the dreamers, and the hands-on learners. Dive into a dynamic curriculum that blends the arts, ethics, design and technology. Engage in stimulating discussions and thought-provoking lectures. Experience a unique convergence of human-centered design and futuring, opening new horizons in how we think about and interact with technology.
LiME Meertens
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LLRC
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Manolis Fragkiadakis
#BreGroMM+
Juniorendag
Andrei Stratu
MEDAL
“Speech Technology: Charting New Futures” summer school