Linguistic changes often follow a cyclical path whereby the original formal expressions are worn down and first reinforced and later replaced by new ones. In how far such ‘micro-cycles’ conspire ...read more
The impact of hunter-gatherers on the environment has been a controversial topic since at least the 1960’s. In Northwestern-Europe it is generally assumed that humans only started influencing their environment ...read more
Formulaic texts constitute a core interest of researchers working at UGent. Within the Greek section, there are two major ongoing research projects about such genres, an ERC-project about ‘everyday’ texts ...read more
The aim of the SerialKey project is to carry out a technological and morphometric study of mass-produced items from the European Final Bronze Age in order to gain a better ...read more
Video games have a reputation of being overly violent, sexist, and stereotyping. These connotations are the result of dominant hegemonic practices in the game industry, and while they are certainly ...read more
Listening to a language which is not one's own native language can be surprisingly difficult, even for advanced learners. This is especialy so when the speaker has an unfamiliar regional ...read more
The Middle Bronze Age in Crete is a period of demographic expansion, stunning material cultural production, and growing interaction with the broader Eastern Mediterranean. The archaeological deposits associated with this ...read more
Places and spaces designed for social dance often had an ephemeral quality between 1756 - 1830 in the Southern Netherlands and the Pays de Liège. Before 1800 real dedicated ballrooms ...read more
In modern languages, polite formulaic phrases often trace back to performative verbs (e.g. performative verbs of asking such as parakaló in Modern Greek, bitte in German or prego in Italian). ...read more