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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…
Modern day Navajo identity
“My Navajo ancestry means nothing to me”, the waiter told us. Me and my college friend Tsjomme were having dinner in Cameron, Arizona, during our three week trip across the American South;…
Engaging start sets high expectations
The article ‘Symposium successful kick-off new academic year’ on our website reported on two guest speakers that helped us to open the academic year. The presentations given by Hugo Keizer and Hendrik…
Hundreds of books in the University Library
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Symposium successful kick-off new academic year
The language of a country may impact its fertility rates. A question asked in the European parliament in English, might be replied to in French, and commented on in German. These are…
The graduation of our new Multilingualism experts
On August 26 twelve students officially graduated from the MA Multilingualism during a celebratory ceremony at the Gysbert Japicx room in the historical library Tresoar in Leeuwarden, where the majority of our…
Experiencing the diversity of modern society
“The MA Multilingualism enables me to work in a broader field and with an international perspective. As a speech therapist, I chose the MA Multilingualism to specialize in multilingual language acquisition and…
Google Translate and Frisian
In our time of globalisation and digitisation digital visibilty has become one of the most important preconditions for (minority) language survival. The most salient aspect of this visibility is machine translation, a…
