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
Citizens' lay expertise and experience of ethical issues in health are central to improve the healthcare system and build a societal-supported framework. The corona crisis has taught us how crucial ...read more
Recent important sociocultural changes, such as the expansion of mass media, have profoundly changed language interaction, especially between teenagers. This project aims to investigate how the Spanish ...read more
The Carantanians have been the first Slavic people to be converted to Christendom. Their conversion dates to the 8th century, one hundred years before the advent of Cyrillus and Methodius. ...read more
Adult learners of a second language (L2) who have had little or no schooling in their first language do not seem to benefit as much from L2 instruction as higher educated ...read more
This project aims to investigate interpersonal relationships and social interactions in Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt (III BCE-VII CE) through Greek documentary papyri. The research will use the linguistic framework ...read more
the main objective of this research project is to study the litigation strategies of merchants in the context of the law of commerce in fifteenth-century Bruges (and, in so far ...read more
The proposed project focuses on Chinese Buddhism on Mt. Jiuhua in the Mao era (1949–1978), especially during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) when the persecution of Buddhism was in full swing. ...read more
The margins of medieval Greek manuscripts are often filled with annotations of all sorts, from systematic commentaries to occasional reactions of readers. This project aims to study Byzantine marginal texts ...read more
In the medieval Near East, in the aftermath of the arrival of Latin Christians from the West and Seljuk Turks from the East, Christian groups sought to define their own ...read more