Organized by the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication! (ACLC) Speaker: Ivan Yuen Location: P.C. Hoofthuis Room: 5.60 Title: The effect of predictability on the duration of phrase-final syllables and pause Abstract: The abstract can be found here.
Registration is open, click here to reserve your spot! Organized by Cognito! CogniTalks is an annual event organized by the student union Cognito of the University of Amsterdam. The event consists of several outstanding neuroscientists who will be sharing their inspiring and relevant research during a 15-minute-talk, covering topics from the biology of language to human … Continue reading Cognitalks: Neuroscience, Cognition, and Beyond!
Organized by the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication! (ACLC) Speaker: Hielke Vriesendorp Location: P.C. Hoofthuis Room: 1.15 Title: Exemplars vs. allophones: the role of lexical frequency and listener experience in sociolinguistic processing Abstract: Do we recognise a Northern English speaker saying ‘way’ as Northern because we have memories of other times we’ve heard Northern speakers … Continue reading ACLC Seminar | Hielke Vriesendorp: Exemplars vs. allophones: the role of lexical frequency and listener experience in sociolinguistic processing
Organized by the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication! (ACLC) Speaker: Markus Steinbach Location: P.C. Hoofthuis Room: 5.59 Title: Is there anything special about special signs? A cross-modal study of a special class of parts of speech in spoken and sign languages Abstract: A special class of lexical items frequently used in many different signs … Continue reading ACLC Seminar | Markus Steinbach: Is there anything special about special signs? A cross-modal study of a special class of parts of speech in spoken and sign languages
Organized by the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication! (ACLC) Speaker: Eva van Lier Location: P.C. Hoofthuis Room: 3.01 Title: Alternation in argument coding across languages: lexical and other factors Abstract: In this talk, we give an overview of the research carried out so far in our Vidi project ‘Exceptions rule! Lexical restrictions on grammatical … Continue reading ACLC Seminar | Eva van Lier: Alternation in argument coding across languages: lexical and other factors
Organized by the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication! (ACLC) Speaker: Tineke Snijders Location: PC Hoofthuis Room: 5.60 Title: Neural tracking of speech in infants and their later language development Abstract: Neuronal groups in the brain process information in a rhythmical way, and can also track the speech rhythm. Using EEG, the coherence between the … Continue reading ACLC Seminar | Tineke Snijders: Neural tracking of speech in infants and their later language development
Organized by the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication! (ACLC) Speaker: Lauren Fonteyn (Meertens Instituut) Location: P.C. Hoofthuis Room: 1.15 Title: Methods of semi-automatic data annotation with contextualized word embeddings Abstract: In corpus linguistics, the collection and annotation of data commonly involve a relatively balanced combination of computer-aided and manual labour. It is still common practice, … Continue reading ACLC Seminar | Lauren Fonteyn: Methods of semi-automatic data annotation with contextualized word embeddings
Organized by the Amsterdam Brain and Cognition! (ABC) Speaker: Sabine Kastner Location: Science Park 904 Room: SP C0.110 Title: Neural dynamics of the primate attention network Abstract: The selection of information from our cluttered sensory environments is one of the most fundamental cognitive operations performed by the primate brain. In the visual domain, the selection … Continue reading ABC Lecture | Sabine Kastner: Neural dynamics of the primate attention network
Organized by the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication! (ACLC) Speaker: Odette Scharenborg Location: P.C. Hoofthuis Room: 1.15 Title: Inclusive automatic speech recognition: Quantifying and mitigating bias in automatic speech recognisers Abstract: Automatic speech recognition (ASR) is increasingly used, e.g., in emergency response centers, domestic voice assistants, and search engines. Because of the paramount relevance … Continue reading ACLC Seminar | Odette Scharenborg: Inclusive automatic speech recognition: Quantifying and mitigating bias in automatic speech recognisers
Speaker: Nicole Seymour Location: SPUI25 Title: A Brief History of Environmental Humour Abstract: Seymour will place these phenomena in their larger contexts, including the development of queer ecologies as a critical framework and the rise of meta-modernism as a cultural sensibility. After her talk, she will be joined in conversation by Peter van Dam, Barnita Bagchi, … Continue reading SPUI 25 | Nicole Seymour: A Brief History of Environmental Humour
Start date: 7 September 2026 End date: 10 September 2026 Location: BG 3 Room: VOX-POP Starting a new chapter can be exciting. New faces, a new environment, and perhaps you don’t know anyone at all yet. During Warm Welcome Week, VOX-POP is a friendly place where you can settle in in a fun and creative … Continue reading VOX-POP: Warm Welcome Week 2026
Organized by the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication! (ACLC) Speaker: Dr. Maria Arredondo Location: P.C. Hoofthuis Room: 5.08 Title: Learning in Two Languages: Neural Signatures of Word Learning in Monolingual and Bilingual Toddlers Abstract: Language development is a foundational predictor of later academic achievement, social functioning, and long-term well-being. Much of early vocabulary growth occurs … Continue reading ACLC Seminar | Maria Arredondo: Learning in Two Languages: Neural Signatures of Word Learning in Monolingual and Bilingual Toddlers
