Many linguists believe that the language of our Indo-European ancestors had a considerable number of verbs which may appear both in intransitive and transitive constructions with no formal change in ...read more
Second language (L2) learners often resort to machine translation (MT) to help them during the writing process, which is why it is important to understand how L2 learners use MT ...read more
The 5th century marks the transition from the Roman to the Medieval world, an essential turning point in European history. However, when we try to identify it in the archaeological ...read more
Researchers generally situate the origins of Belgian-Dutch blackface as a way to ridicule Afro-diasporic people in the second half of the nineteenth century, when Anglo-American minstrel troupes arrived in the Low ...read more
Left dislocation (LD) patterns consist of a topic and a comment which says something about the topic. The comment usually contains a resumptive element ('they' in (1), referring to 'the ...read more
This project uses the critical philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche to develop a comprehensive understanding of the meaning and function of the nihilism(s) confronting us in today’s ecological crises. Despite increased ...read more
Het Steunpunt Centrale Toetsen in Onderwijs zet in op de ontwikkeling van rijke toetsen voor wiskunde en Nederlands in functie van onderwijsontwikkeling. Het Steunpunt bestaat uit een consortium van alle ...read more
In this project CDL and Tecolab, both affiliated with Ghent University, combine their complementary expertise to develop an e-course 'multilingualism and learning' for working teachers in nursary, primary and secondary ...read more
The aim of this project is to compare the linguistic reality of Dutch immersion classes for newly arrived migrants to the linguistic reality of Dutch-medium instruction in secondary education. Additionally, ...read more
The status of the present-day Belgian notariat is currently being questioned by politicians, and its prominent social position in the recording and authentication of private transactions is at stake. This ...read more