Research projects
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Head gestures as precursors of prosodic focus marking in the L2
As prosodic discourse marking is challenging for both L1 and L2 learners, this project investigates whether this bootstrapping function of head gestures in prosodic focus marking also occurs in an L2 context.
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The effect of (foreign) language in instructional videos
An increasing number of companies are starting using instructional videos, which come in different forms and shapes, with and without the consumer's native language. This project investigates effective formats and what role language plays.
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Role and impact of second language on study performance in higher education
This study has investigated the challenges, benefits and disadvantages of studying in a language that is not your mother tongue, from the point of view of the non-native students themselves, but also from the point of other non-native communicators.
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Reducing prejudiced reactions to non-native accentedness
In this project, we investigate if the negative effects of non-native accents in English on how speakers are evaluated can be reduced by raising awareness of prejudicial reactions among listeners.
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Reasoning with arguments
This project studies to what extent people are sensitive to arguments that respect and to arguments that do not respect norms for quality.
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Survey Language Attitudes in the Low Countries
This project concerns a survey about the languages spoken and taught in the Netherlands and Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia) and the attitude of language users towards the different languages, and organized a study afternoon about this.
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Spread the new(s)!
By investigating the (socio)linguistic factors in the functional implementation of a standard language, this project hypotheses that newspaper were crucial in the expansion of the Dutch standard language.
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Sociolinguistic research on language and culture of the Mennonite community of ejido Salamanca, Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico
This PhD research examines the language and culture in a community of Old Colony Mennonites newly formed in 2004 in southern Mexico, state of Quintana Roo.
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Morphological effects on syntactic variation
In the literature on syntactic variation, several correlations between syntactic and morphological variation have been identified. In this project, we explore the possible correlation by evaluating existing generalisations and arguing for new ones.
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The Transnational Dimensions of the Region in European Illustrated Periodicals, 1842-1900
This project examines the transnational dimensions of the region in European illustrated periodicals from 1842 until 1900. Illustrated periodicals will be treated, not just as carriers, but as active agents in processes of affect and meaning-making.
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Privacy Rules
This project combines iHub's value-driven approach to studying the societal impact of digitisation with the research group's interest in the history of post-war public, political and administrative debate on citizenship, transparency and democracy.
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Subproject The Voice of the People: Netherlands
In this subproject, Solange Ploeg explores the articulation, mediatisation and construction of popular expectations of democracy in postwar Netherlands with a focus on the years between 1945 and the early 1980s.
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Subproject The Voice of the People: West Germany
In this subproject Malte Fischer seeks to explore how ordinary citizens in the Bonn Republic have perceived the postwar political system.
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InDeep
In this project, we investigate various methods for interpreting DL-based learning systems. Understanding which classes of applications require which DL analysis techniques is the core of our proposed project.
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Subproject The Voice of the People: Great Britain
In this subproject of The Voice of the People, Jamie Lee Jenkins analyses how ordinary citizens in postwar Britain have perceived the political system.
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Navigating uncertainty in gender incongruence and differences in sex development (DSD)/intersex conditions
This project investigates how uncertainty in gender incongruence and differences in sex development (DSD) is displayed in interaction among healthcare professionals (HCP), among peers (adolescents/parents) and between HCP and adolescents/parents.
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The digitalisation of (para)medical consultation
The aim of this project is to identify the impact of digitalisation on (para)medical interaction in the context of professional practice, and to provide solutions that can support professionals in the use of these technologies.
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Predictive Validity of a Diagnostic Academic Language Skills Test for First Year University Students
Radboud University has developed a test, given to all undergraduate students, that aims to determine which students may need extra support to develop the academic language skills. This project aims to evaluate the predictive validity of the test.
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More than just "Uh, was?"
During lower secondary education pupils learn German for at least two years. This research investigates to what extent the teaching of plurilingual strategies during German classes can better prepare pupils for effective communication with speakers.
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The Voice of the People
The Voice of the People investigates and compares the articulation and mediatisation of popular perceptions and expectations of democracy in three Western-European countries roughly between the end of the Second World War and the 1980s.