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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Final #BreGroMMplus Lecture | Prof. Asli Özyurek, 26 April 2024 | 1.00pm
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!
Course description | LOT Summer School 2024
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.
Reminder | LOT Ad-hoc Event Fund
Do you want to organise an event for RMA students and/or PhD researchers, and do you need financial help? LOT has launched a new fund to help realise such events: the LOT Ad-hoc Event Fund.
Schultink Lecture Summer School 2024 | prof. dr. Birgit Alber
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.
Registration open | Anéla/VIOT-Juniorendag 2024
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.
Registration open | Leiden Bielefeld Workshop on Comparative Syntax (LeiBieCos) | 23-24 May
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’.
Final reminder | EMLAR XX 2024
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!
Vacature | Universitair Docent Nederlandse Taalkunde | Universiteit Utrecht
De faculteit Geesteswetenschappen is op zoek naar een universitair docent op het gebied van de Nederlandse taalkunde.
Cogling Days 2024 | December 12-13, 2024
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 Word | Leiden | 6 July 2024
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.
MEDAL Summer School in Experimental Linguistics | 17-21 June 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.
Speech Technology: Charting New Futures | 3-7 June | Leeuwarden
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.
MPI Colloquium | prof. dr. Aoju Chen | 16 April
We are pleased to inform you about a formal MPI Colloquium by Prof. Dr. Aoju Chen, Professor of Language Development at Utrecht University. Title: From sound to structure; Infants’ perception of prosodic boundaries in speech
LOT 665 | Spreading the Word
The Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics is pleased to announce a new publication in the LOT Dissertation Series by Elly Koutamanis.
Utrecht Syntax Interface Talk | Mike Putnam | Thursday 28 March 2024
We’d like to inform you that the next Syntax Interface Lecture will take place on Thursday March 28 from 16:00 until 17:00 in our Syntax Interface Lectures team on MS Teams. We will host a talk by Mike Putnam (Penn State Univeristy) titled ‘The syntax of umlaut – a cursory overview of the diachronic (& synchronic) development of plural in German(ic).’