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Linguistics

Our researchers work on the big questions of linguistics: from language technology to genetics, from brain research to sign language, and from rhetoric and influence to language acquisition and psycholinguistics.

Researchers

Researchers from various faculties and research institutes are working on interdisciplinary projects relating to Linguistics.

Prof. J.M. Sanders (José)
Prof. H.H.J. Das (Enny)
Dr M. Dingemanse (Mark)
Prof. B.M.C. Breij (Bé)
Dr W.A.J. Strik (Helmer)
Dr S. Unsworth (Sharon)
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News about linguistics

Podcastmicrofoon

Wanted: curious children for science podcast (in Dutch)

Radboud University is looking for children with silly, difficult or fun questions they would like to ask a scientist in a podcast.

Docent legt leerling iets uit

Unique experiment in primary schools: what are the success factors in bilingual education?

For 10 years, 17 schools in the Netherlands engaged in a remarkable experiment: from kindergarten onwards, they taught half the time in Dutch and half the time in English. Hedi Kwakkel closely followed this pilot for her PhD research.

TikTok en drogredeneringen | Lezing en gesprek door retorica-experts Bé Breij en Yvette Linders

TikTok and Fallacies | Lecture and conversation by rhetoric experts Bé Breij and Yvette Linders

TikTok and other social media are full of fallacy. How do you recognize fallacies? How do you recognize errors in the argumentation of someone trying to convince you of something? And why is that important?

Projects

Beeldmerk 2in1project

2in1

How does one child actually acquire and use two different languages? The 2in1 project examined how a bilingual child’s languages affect each other and the circumstances under which this occurs.

Edward Hopper, Chop Suey (1929)

Elementary particles of conversation

Just below our awareness, small words like mmhm, huh? and oh streamline interaction and make complex language possible. Investigating them can help us understand why languages are the way they are and can help us build better language technology.

Discover more research projects

Contact information

Media publications looking for information or in-depth explanation from experts about this theme can contact the Press Information and Science Communication team of Radboud University. We are also available for more information about current research, promotions and other questions.

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