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We would like to thank Prof. Laura Wright from the University of Cambridge for her inspiring guest lecture last Friday, Nov. 22 on lexical sociolinguistics, communities of spatial practice and enregisterment!
Author: Samantha Pérez Rodríguez
New publication “From ‘dankgevingsdag’ to ’turkey party’” by Yasmin Crombez
Yasmin Crombez recently published her paper entitled “From ‘dankgevingsdag’ to ’turkey party’: Historical Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Loan Strategies in Flemish-American Heritage Newspapers” in Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies, where she explores borrowing patterns in Flemish-American newspapers from the 19th and 20th centuries.
You can find the full paper here!
Julie Van Ongeval: Best Paper Presentation Award
Julie Van Ongeval (VUB & FWO) was honored with the 2024 Best Paper Presentation Award by the Linguistic Society of Belgium for her paper entitled “Dialect contact in Early Modern Antwerp: Exploring the impact of the socially disruptive Fall of Antwerp (1585)”.
Congratulations, Julie!
Guest lecture by Dr. Morana Lukač (Universiteit Groningen): “Non-binary pronouns in Dutch: Prescriptivism and its influence on language change”
Dr. Morana Lukač will be giving a guest lecture on non-binary pronouns in Dutch and the influence of prescriptivism on language change. The lecture will take place on Friday 7 March 2025 at 16h in room C.5.03 on the VUB campus. Registration is not required; everyone is welcome!