Historical, comparative and typological linguistics collectively constitute an interdisciplinary endeavour aimed at reconstructing language histories, excavating systematic patterns across diverse ...

There are currently ∼7,000 different living human languages. The peak of language diversity may have been ∼10,000 years ago when up to 20,000 different languages might have been spoken. Languages ...

The diversity of human languages can be likened to branches on a tree. If you’re reading this in English, you’re on a branch that traces back to a common ancestor with Scots, which traces back to a ...

Among the great intellectual developments of the nineteenth century was the advent of the comparative method in the nascent field of linguistics. Among the great intellectual developments of the early ...

General linguist Kaius Sinnemäki and his ERC funded research group develop new methods for comparing the world’s languages in their social contexts to better understand global linguistic diversity and ...

As a student in the Master’s Programme in Linguistic Diversity and Digital Humanities, you benefit from the expertise of numerous inspiring scholars with solid teaching experience and broad researcher ...