Centre for Language Studies

The Centre for Language Studies (CLS) is a research institute dedicated to the understanding of language and the way we use it. Our researchers study this fascinating topic from different perspectives and in several contexts, using a variety of innovative research methods. CLS aims to conduct research that is also valuable for organisations and audiences outside the academic world.

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Paula Fikkert receives Neil and Saras Smith Medal for Linguistics

05 September 2024 Research news item

Professor Paula Fikkert is awarded the medal for her research into phonological change over time, both in language acquisition (first and second) and historical change. Fikkert joins an impressive list of laureates.

Lieke Stoffelsma en een leerling in Ghana

Learning English as a second language? Knowledge of your mother tongue language can help

19 July 2024 News item

How can knowledge of their mother tongue help with, for example, developing English reading skills? Linguist Lieke Stoffelsma from Radboud University is investigating this topic.

17th-century Dutch Courant message with "ABC" written across the page in blue

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By investigating the (socio)linguistic factors in the functional implementation of a standard language, this project hypotheses that newspaper were crucial in the expansion of the Dutch standard language.