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Virschau op de Colloque interne vum 11. Oktober 2016

AktualitéitenVon Judith Manzoni 6. Oktober 2016 Kommentar hinterlassen

Nächsten Dënschdeg presentéiert de Cyril Wealer seng Fuerschung zum Lieseléieren am méisproochegen Ëmfeld Lëtzebuerg. Dobäi freet hie sech, wéi gutt eng lëtzebuergesch Virbereedung op d’Liesen an de Spillschoule funktionéiere kann, wann d’Alphabetiséierung am éischte Schouljoer op Däitsch geschitt. Hien analyséiert dofir Daten, déi hien a verschiddenen Aufgabe mat Spillschoulskanner während 12 Wochen gesammelt huet. …

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Eis éischt Summerschoul iwwert d’Lëtzebuergescht – e Réckbléck

AktualitéitenVon Caroline Döhmer 29. September 2016 Kommentar hinterlassen

Vum 12. bis 16. September 2016 huet den Institut fir lëtzebuergesch Sprooch- a Literaturwëssenschaft vun der Uni Lëtzebuerg eng Summerschoul iwwert d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch organiséiert. Se war geduecht fir Leit, déi am Ausland Germanistik oder Linguistik studéieren a sech gär aus wëssenschaftlecher Perspektiv mam Lëtzebuergeschen auserneesetze wëllen. Um Programm stounge verschidde Beräicher: Sproochesituatioun (historesch an aktuell), Sproochstruktur…

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Deadline extended! Job offer: PhD Position in Language History/Corpus Linguistics & Digital Humanities

AktualitéitenVon Peter Gilles 11. September 2016 Kommentar hinterlassen

For the recently established Doctoral Training Unit (similar to the German ‚Graduiertenkolleg‘) at the University of Luxembourg 13 PhD positions have been granted in the field of ‚Digital History & Hermeneutics‘. In this context one PhD position is foreseen in the domain of linguistics. Interested candidates may apply for this position by proposing their own project, which should…

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Den Institut um Radio!

AktualitéitenVon Maike Edelhoff 8. September 2016 Kommentar hinterlassen

Iwwert de ganze Summer hu mer d’Zäit genotzt, fir mam RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg e bëssen iwwert eisen Institut an eis Fuerschung ze schwätzen. De Méinden ass eis Rei iwwert d’Fuerschung ronderëm d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch a Literatur op en Enn gaangen. Dir hutt eng Folleg verpasst? Hei kënnt Der nach eng Kéier déi ganz Serie nolauschteren: http://radio.rtl.lu/serien/letzebuergesch/…

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LE TRAVAIL DE L’ÉCRITURE OU LA MÉMOIRE DANS L’OEUVRE DE JEAN PORTANTE, 8 – 9 septembre 2016

AktualitéitenVon Peter Gilles 2. September 2016 Kommentar hinterlassen

L’œuvre de Jean Portante connaît aujourd’hui un véritable tournant, dont témoignent la récente parution du roman L’Architecture des temps instables et celle, un peu moins récente, de la compilation en volume des poèmes des trente dernières années. Titré Le Travail de la baleine, il s’agit, au-delà d’un recueil anniversaire, d’un constat rétrospectif à la lumière…

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