Professor Paul Werth and Text World Theory – drs. L. E. Kemp
Paul Werth (1942–1995) was Professor of English Linguistics from 1986 until his death. Of his many contributions to linguistics, one of his …
Embodying phonetics: The Story of Arthur the Rat – Dr. L. van Buuren
The university teacher of English phonetics should lay out all the vocal patterns learned by one representative speaker of English and teach …
Women and the English Novel: from Burney to Eliot , and from Chopin to Winterson.
From the early eighties until the end of the last century, this course was offered to ‘doctoraal’ students, on alternate years, by …
Obtaining an Academic Degree
It was not possible to take an academic exam in a modern language at the university until 1921, although the English Department …
Women in the Academy
Professor Jacobus Swart (1915-1978) was a language and literature teacher who was a member of the faculty from 1961 to 1978. He …
Standardizing Teacher Training
The university was not the only place to master the English language. From 1921 until 1987, many studied at home to gain …
Language Laboratory
Maud Peereboom’s English study in 1967 began with six weeks in the language lab to practice her intonation. Her grammar and vocabulary …
The Harting Programme Scholarship
Pieter Harting (1892-1970) was professor of English Language and Literature from 1937 to 1962. The Harting Programme is part of his …
London Excursions
John Peereboom (1924-2010) joined the faculty in the 1970s after spending thirteen years in London as a journalist. At the English Department, …