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Organized by the UvA Data Science Centre! For more information on the event, click here. Click here to register! Registration is free and everyone (UvA and non-UvA) is welcome to join! How does data science inform environmental policy? Why is it important that we value research outputs in a future-proof way? And how can we … Continue reading UvA Data Science Centre | The Societal Impact of AI & Data Science →

Organized by the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication! (ACLC) Speaker: Astrid De Wit Location: P.C. Hoofthuis Room: 3.08 Title: The present perfective paradox across languages Abstract: This talk starts from the observation that, in many genetically and geographically unrelated languages, there is a remarkable restriction on the use of the present tense to refer … Continue reading ACLC Seminar | Astrid De Wit: The present perfective paradox across languages →

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 →