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 →