Usage-based theories have stressed the importance of input for language learning both in and outside the classroom. When large amounts of input are available, learning gains can be rapid and ...read more
According to the canon, male designers led fashion during the first phase of haute couture (c.1870-c.1970). This project challenges this narrative by giving centre stage to the category of the ...read more
The Brussels couture house Norine was led from c. 1915 to 1952 by the charismatic couple Honorine Deschryver, dite "Norine" (1887-1977), and Paul-Gustave Van Hecke (1887-1967). Although Norine is all ...read more
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie project “Intracorporeal Narratives: Reading Internal Biology in Women’s Literature, 1880s-1930s” (INTRARIB) examines British and American women’s fiction of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for its ...read more
Private letters have become the genre of choice for exploring language variation and change in the past. Cross-linguistically, discussion has arisen around the role of epistolary formulae, i.e. prefabricated word ...read more
The persuasive function of metaphorical language has long been taken for granted, both inside and outside of the field of linguistics. Due to their ability to structure more abstract topics ...read more
My research project concerns the formation of monastic networks in provincial China during the Tang Dynasty (618–907), focusing primarily on the Buddhist traditions of Chan, Vinaya, and Esotericism, which have ...read more
The goal of the LoCKe project is to analyze and compare methodologies for transferring supervision across languages, without (or with minimal) parallel data. The primary focus is on the tasks ...read more
Despite the major advancements in the domain of sentiment analysis during the past few decades, automatically modelling implicit sentiment still remains a major hurdle in the field. While sentiment analysis ...read more
This is an online interdisciplinary research seminar entitled “WomeninBalkanliterature and culture: subversive readings and identity challenges.”. The lectures are 30 min long, in English and on topics concerning women in Balkan culture and literature in the 20th and/or 21st century. The lectures are followed by ...read more