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6 November: undergraduate visiting day
Coming Friday, the 6th of November, we will be part of the University of Groningen’s big visiting day! We will welcome all prospective students and give them clear information about our programme’s…
David Crystal on the alleged origin of the Australian accent: “Complete and utter rubbish!”
Just to give a little insight of the goings-on in the world of linguistics: Lately there has been a discussion on where the Australian accent originated, some claim it would have come…
Five demonstrations supporting minority languages in France
On Saturday October 24th, citizens and politicians got to the streets in support of several local languages spoken within French territory. The simultaneous demonstrations took place in Montpellier (for Occitan and Catalan),…
Student blog: Linguistic landscapes (2)
Here’s the second student blogpost in our series on ‘Linguistic landscapes’, this time on the presence of the Groninger dialect, by Anna Huiting (read the first post here). Blog Post on the…
On earthworms, ‘mienskip’ and the importance of language (reblog)
REBLOG: Amber Nota, who is a PhD at our Department of Frisian Language and Culture, wrote this excitant blog entry at her project’s website (https://sites.google.com/site/multilimelo/blog). Happy to reblog! “The disappearance of the…
Student blog: Linguistic landscapes (1)
Here’s the first in a series of student blog posts on linguistic landscapes! (Cool term, but what does it mean?) Linguistic landscapes is all about the mapping of the language around you.…
Minoritism at the Drongo festival
Minoritism was at the Drongo Festival, held on 25 and 26 September in Utrecht (NL) for the very first time this year! Drongo is a national festival celebrating multilingualism in all its…
Lecturers’ Corner: A Post from the Sociolinguistics Course in our MA
I was excited when one of my colleagues pointed out to me that there was an article by Ravindranath (2015) about sociolinguistics and language contact in a recent issue of the journal…
Frisian: Fryske Google Translate Day yn Grins English: Frisian Google Translate Dei in Groningen
You may be familiar with Google Translate: the translator of Google that provides everyone with translations from all over the world. Among these languages are minority languages such as Basque, Catalan, Māori,…
Minoritism Congratulates Dr. Tekke Terpstra
We would like to congratulate our newest member of staff; Doctor Tekke Terpstra. On September 14 he successfully defended his thesis “Inuit outside the Arctic: Migration, identity and perceptions.” We wish him…
