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CLS non-nativeness day

On Monday of this past week, the Center for Language Studies at Radboud University hosted a non-nativeness day where various language scientists gave short presentations about the work they are currently doing related to non-nativeness. Even though we are technically...

Hast du Fussball Fieber?

I wouldn’t claim to have more than a moderate interest in sports. While I’ll pick some favorite players, I far from follow them religiously. I definitely don’t have a team that I follow year round, and I certainly couldn’t list off any stats or more than a meager...

Russia Week 1

It’s weird that just over a week ago, my trip to Russia began with a 9 hour flight to Moscow next to a large, hairy, smelly man. I can’t say I expected anything else. Fun fact about Russian airlines though. Their food is gross, they will lose your bags,...

A Trip to the Ingapirca Ruins

Yesterday I had the opportunity to take a day trip to Ingapirca, the second most significant Incan ruins in South America (right behind Machu Picchu). The trip was an amazing day filled with culture, adventure, and travel. I, along with my two house sisters, traveled...

The Context of Guilt

I have been crafting my reply for months, quested for its answer long before my tutor posed the question. Language is important in crafting a narrative — a story that a nation, or a person, uses to express, define, and explain the events around them. I sat in...

No-shows and cancellations

As it stands now, I have had 12 participants. Given that I didn’t start testing until May 27, can usually only get the lab Wednesdays and Fridays, give myself 3 hours for every participant, and only need 20-25 participants, that really isn’t bad! But I do find it...

Llamas, Bats, and Other Roadtrip Adventures

Traveling is not glamorous. It’s not all jet setting and expensive excursions and Valencia tinted Instagrams. Traveling is the middle seat on cheap airlines, where you are squeezed so tight that you can’t lift up your elbows from your lap. It’s driving through a...

Business as Usual… but that’s nice

So originally this weekend I thought that I would try and go for an overnight to Dresden or Nuremberg or perhaps another German city… or somewhere in Switzerland… And then, as it crept closer to the weekend, I decided I’d just change that to a...