With a growing use of and interest in machine translation (MT) and a growing demand for gender-inclusiveness, research on social biases (e. g., gender bias) in MT is increasing. Research ...read more
In the latter half of the 20th century, Dutch authors like Gerard Reve, Frans Kellendonk, Jan Siebelink, and Désanne Van Brederode adopted an idiosyncratic stance towards the Christian tradition. While extensive research ...read more
In this project we seek to study human/non-human interaction in the case of Oromo fables told during oral performance, focusing in particular on the interactions between different creatures, entities and forces, how ...read more
This project aims to improve machine translation (MT) accuracy and efficiency by integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) with retrieval-based MT techniques and synthetic data augmentation. The approach involves generating synthetic ...read more
This project focuses on the modal markers used in the Vinaya texts translated into Chinese in the early 5th century: Four-Part Vinaya, Sarvâstivāda Vinaya, Mahīśāsaka Vinaya and Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya. Vinaya ...read more
The project looks at how and why the ratio of labile verbs changes in the history of Chinese, testing the hypothesis that earlier monosyllabic labile verbs were gradually replaced by ...read more
This project contributes to a better understanding of the grammar underlying Spanish-English(-Kriol) codeswitching (CS). Its objective is threefold. First, at an empirical level, it provides insight into the way the conflict ...read more
Most philosophical approaches to the political value of art only consider art in general, as an abstract concept. New and experimental art, of which the character and purpose are ...read more
This research uses both sociological methodologies and the frameworks of theatre studies and literary analysis to come to a critical analysis of the current position and role of an institutional ...read more
The Shona languages of Southern Africa form a large, closely-related and relatively well-studied group of Bantu languages. Despite a wealth of synchronic data on these language varieties, the history of ...read more