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Tim Laméris
@timlameris.bsky.social
Universitair docent (Assistant professor) in Japanese Linguistics at
Leiden University
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/tim-lameris#tab-2
🗣️ Ever heard a Brazilian Portuguese speaker say “Tikitoki” for TikTok, or a Japanese speaker say “shoppu” for shop? We know that speakers repair foreign sound structures to fit with native phonotactics, but what do bilinguals with two phonotactic systems do? We aimed to find out: shorturl.at/Hcm5O
Individual variation in epenthetic vowel production by Brazilian Portuguese–Japanese bilinguals | John Benjamins
Abstract Brazilian Portuguese (BP) and Japanese have phonological repair strategies that involve vowel epenthesis in illicit consonant clusters, but whereas BP inserts /i/, Japanese inserts /ɯ/ as a d...
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July 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Reposted by Tim Laméris
🖼️ Our first poster session at #ISB15 just wrapped up — and what a fantastic start! ✨

The room was buzzing with ideas, insights, and new connections. A huge thank you to all the presenters for sharing their brilliant work, and to everyone who stopped by to engage! 🧠💬
June 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Excited for #isb15 in a few days and to be in the Basque country for the first time! Does anyone know what language the one at the bottom is? 👀
June 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Reposted by Tim Laméris
The Italian Department in Leiden has long been a strong and internationally renowned institution. Given Leiden's (and The Netherlands') enduring ties with Italy, severing them now would not only be a significant loss but also nearly impossible to restore.

www.openpetition.eu/be/petition/...
Delen: Save Italian language and culture programme at Leiden University - online-petitie
The Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University plans to shut down the Italian Language and Culture program. The Faculty Board justifies its decision based on the following arguments: (1) a limited glo...
www.openpetition.eu
January 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Reposted by Tim Laméris
Call for contributions for scoping review- phonetics of code-switching
osf.io/z3da9/
January 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Happy to kick off 2025 in Tokyo, where I’ll be for a few weeks as a visiting research fellow at Gakushuin University!
明けましておめでとうございます。
年明けは、学習院大学で外来研究員として、数週間東京で研究することになりました。今年もどうぞよろしくお願いします。
January 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM