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Linguist in Leiden, with a passion for African languages.
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Phonetics versus phonology! What is the difference and how can you spot it? Håvard explains in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8U3...

@signal.org Can you add a poll function please? This would convince another of my whatsapp groups to move to Signal!

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We have another linguistics video for you! In this knowledge clip, Allen and Håvard explore how languages classify their nouns, with examples from Cushitic, Nilotic, and Bantu languages. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfx9...

A must-see film, where the consequences of climate change are visible in a confronting and inspiring way, through the story of Kenyan farmer Kisilu on his way to the climate top in Paris: thankyoufortherain.com

Because it’s important to not work in the weekend and I’ve been wanting to bake bread for ages 😊 #nowheat

Curious about information structure in linguistics but slightly confused how topic and focus work? Here is my 10min introduction to the field: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwfI...

Are you afraid of tone languages? We created a video to help you with hearing and transcribing tone! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqrl...

Wat een heerlijke aflevering van de Grote Taaldag! Feestje van de taalkunde in Nederland, met een uitstekende plenaire lezing van Malvina Nissim over large language models, en met felicitaties voor Gosse Minnema die de AVT/Anéla dissertatieprijs won!

Linguistic examples should not just be translated but also be glossed. What makes a good gloss? In the ELSEA project we created a 10min knowledge clip explaining interlinear glossing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATS...