https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/linguistics/ Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität | Neues aus Forschung, Lehre, Studium Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:45:29 +0000 de hourly 1 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-fav_guo-blau-32x32.jpg https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/linguistics/ 32 32 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/when-ai-learns-from-gestures/ Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87203 A subproject in the Priority Program “Visual Communication” endeavors to make body language analyzable Gestures help people under-stand each other. They are also increasingly important for human-machine interaction.All photos: Uwe […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/i-wanted-to-know-where-language-comes-from/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87202 Interview with Susan Goldin-Meadow, pioneer of psychological and linguistic gesture studies We all communicate not only with words but also with gestures and facial expressions. For a long time, these […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/alles-eine-frage-der-einstellung/ Sun, 10 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=85007 A research project on propositionalism How do words and phrases combine to form meaningful sentences? And how can we analyze the contents of these sentences? Linguistics researchers at Goethe University […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/why-saying-no-is-more-difficult-to-understand/ Sat, 09 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87194 Psycholinguistic study on the acquisition and processing of negation No, this is not supposed to be about parents seeking advice on how to deal with the terrible twos! The following […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/what-negation-reveals-about-the-brain/ Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87183 The Collaborative Research Center “Negation in Language and Beyond” is searching for the cognitive foundations of human speech Saying “No” is a deeply human characteristic. Yet how exactly does negation […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/editors-choice/ Sun, 03 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87107 On language death and lost perspectives In the course of globalization, humanity is increasingly pushing in the same linguistic direction – a phenomenon that is causing some languages to die […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/freedom-or-liberty/ Sat, 02 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87103 Language education through Latin and the history of language What is the difference between freedom and liberty? What does the parallel existence of such terms reveal about the history not […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/training-or-therapy/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87090 A new test should help accurately assess the language skills of multilingual children Children who grow up speaking several languages may differ from other children as far as their language […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/surrender-meaning/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87068 On the humming tasks of the translator No one knows better than Buster Keaton the delights, horrors and opportunities that translating poetry presents: This surprising hypothesis was the starting point […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/the-city-of-frankfurt-honors-outstanding-personalities-with-immigrant-heritage/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:24:40 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=82005 “To truly arrive means to actively participate as part of the community”Each year, the City of Frankfurt honors outstanding personalities with immigrant heritage. This year, six of them have ties […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/lecturers-in-spanish-bioscience-and-educational-science-receive-the-1822-university-prize-for-excellence-in-teaching/ Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:22:17 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=65920 The 1822 University Prize for Excellence in Teaching was presented at Goethe University Frankfurt for the 21st time. A Spanish lecturer, a bioscience professor and an educational science researcher were […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/mobile-tuareg-artisans-in-niger-frobenius-research-promotion-prize-goes-to-dr-des-valerie-nur/ Mon, 07 Nov 2022 07:58:17 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=65723 The Frobenius Research Promotion Prize goes to Bayreuth this year: Frobenius Institute for Research in Cultural Anthropology at Goethe University honors Valerie Nur for her outstanding dissertation on Tuareg artisans […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/social-and-cultural-anthropologist-prof-mamadou-diawara-now-a-fellow-of-the-british-academy/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 10:55:29 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=60835 In recognition of his accomplishments in the humanities and the social sciences, Mamadou Diawara has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy. Diawara is Professor for Social and Cultural […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/leafy-greens-first-dished-up-3500-years-ago/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:25:07 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=54367 Leafy vegetables accompany many West African dishes, such as pounded yam in the south of the region. In collaboration with chemists from the University of Bristol, researchers from Goethe University […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/backing-for-korean-studies-at-goethe-university/ Fri, 30 Jul 2021 09:40:34 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=52142 Korean Studies at Goethe University is one of what are known as “rare disciplines” (subjects with a small number of professors taught in only a few locations), so it is […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/dfg-research-training-group-configurations-of-film-at-goethe-university-can-continue-its-work/ Wed, 12 May 2021 12:13:41 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=50847 What happens when film leaves the cinema and becomes available everywhere – out and about on mobile devices, or in the living room at home? The Graduiertenkolleg (Research Training Group) […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/3500-year-old-honeypot-oldest-direct-evidence-for-honey-collecting-in-africa/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 06:45:21 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=50402 Before sugar cane and sugar beets conquered the world, honey was the worldwide most important natural product for sweetening. Archaeologists at Goethe University in cooperation with chemists at the University […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/how-digitalisation-changes-cultural-production-around-the-world/ Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:51:34 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=49785 When Korean pop bands such as boy group BTS reach millions of fans worldwide, and when films and music from Nigeria are seen and heard across the globe: What does […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/understanding-skilled-labour-migration-in-east-asia/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 10:00:35 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=48912 The economies of China and Singapore are among the most dynamic migration regions in the world. But Japan and Korea also rely on the immigration of skilled workers. The competition […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/just-like-us-neanderthal-children-grew-and-were-weaned-similar-to-us/ Mon, 02 Nov 2020 08:58:27 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=47366 Neanderthals behaved not so differently from us in raising their children, whose pace of growth was similar to Homo sapiens. Thanks to the combination of geochemical and histological analyses of […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/new-dating-of-nebra-sky-disk/ Thu, 03 Sep 2020 07:43:30 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=46047 Until now the Nebra sky disk was deemed to be from the Early Bronze Age and therefore the world’s oldest depiction of the cosmos. Archaeologists from Goethe University Frankfurt and […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/archaeologists-at-goethe-university-conclude-project-in-stockstadt-am-main/ Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:20:35 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=41042 In an extensive project, archaeologists at Goethe University processed and digitally recorded Roman artefacts from Stockstadt am Main (Bavaria). The work lays the groundwork for future research and a new […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/frankfurt-archaeologists-investigate-lost-cities-in-oman/ Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:46:46 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=40717 Early career researcher Stephanie Döpper awarded funding by Gerda Henkel Foundation to study abandoned mud-brick settlements in Oman Goethe University is sending researchers to Oman: As the Gerda Henkel Foundation […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/archaeology-what-happened-4000-years-ago-in-the-urals/ Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:26:12 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=35105 Archaeologists from Goethe University will be returning to the Urals for further research work. In collaboration with researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Russian colleagues, they want to find […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/nok-research-project-enters-final-phase/ Wed, 03 Jan 2018 10:39:23 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=24250 Goethe University Frankfurt can continue its study of the Nok Culture. The German Research Foundation has recently approved the funding application submitted by Professor Peter Breunig, Professor of African Archaeology, […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/excavation-in-northern-iraq-sasanian-loom-discovered/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 09:10:24 +0000 http://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=23044 A team of Frankfurt-based archaeologists has returned from the Iraqi-Kurdish province of Sulaymaniyah with new findings. The discovery of a loom from the 5th to 6th century AD in particular […]]]>