Prof. H.M.G.M. Jacobs (Haike)
Professor - Centre for Language Studies
Professor - Department of Modern Languages and Cultures
Erasmusplein 1
6525 HT NIJMEGEN
Postbus 9103
6500 HD NIJMEGEN
Prof. Haike Jacobs studies sounds and accentuations in languages. He wants to know, for example, what knowledge speakers have about the sounds in their language. Unconsciously they do a number of things in a systematic manner, for example, pronouncing words using the correct accentuations. Questions such as how this knowledge can be represented in a model, how children acquire this knowledge, and how and why languages change, serve as guidelines in Jacobs's research.