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Team participation at the Sociolinguistic Circle 2025
This past April 4 2025, our team had the opportunity to present their work at the eleventh edition of the
Artikel promotieonderzoek Eline Lismont
van: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/04/hoe-komen-onze-taalregels-tot-stand Hoe komen onze taalregels tot stand? Verschenen: 3 april 2025 - tekst: Myrthe Timmers, beeld: Elif Kırankaya Veel van
PhD defense Eline Lismont
On Wednesday April 2, Eline Lismont successfully defended her PhD - cum laude! Her dissertation is entitled: Setting the Standard:
PhD defense Magda Serwadczak
On January 17 at 1pm, Magda Serwadczak will defend her joint PhD (VUB-Antwerp) entitled: Actual Words Were Not Included: Orality, Literacy,
VACATURE – digitale tekstanalyse
    VACATURE – Brussels Digital Text Lab (B-TXT) Coördinator en ontwikkelaar digitale tekstanalyse Het Brussels Digital Text Lab (B-TXT)
Prof. Dr. Laura Wright’s Guest Lecture
.      We would like to thank Prof. Laura Wright from the University of Cambridge for her inspiring guest
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
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
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
Guest lecture by Eline Lismont (FWO & VUB): “The relationship between codified norms and usage in Early and Late Modern...
As part of the master’s course on historical sociolinguistics, Eline Lismont will give a guest lecture on the relationship between