Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 5497
E-Mail:	m.j.van.naerssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics, LUCL promovendus
Office Address:	Witte Singel-complex P.N. van Eyckhof 1 2311 BV Leiden Room number 2.03a
Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 5497
E-Mail:	m.j.van.naerssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics, LUCL Taalwetenschap
Office Address:	Witte Singel-complex P.N. van Eyckhof 1 2311 BV Leiden Room number 2.03a

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Research

My research focuses on cross-cultural pragmatics. Knowledge of the conversational conventions and politeness strategies of a language is essential to successfully participate in a conversation. What strategies and conventions are considered socially appropriate seem by no means universal. What might be the correct way to behave in one language and (language) culture, is not necessarily thought to be polite in another. In my research I will present a contrastive analysis of the conversational conventions and politeness strategies used in Dutch on the one hand and Indonesian on the other. Such an analysis will give a good impression of what parts of conversation and politeness are (more or less) universal (if at all), and what parts are most likely to be influenced by cultural specifics.

Teaching activities

BA courses 2011-2012:
- Taal in gebruik
- Taalgebruik en diversiteit

Curriculum vitae

2004-2008 BA Indonesian Studies, Leiden University
2008-2011 Research Master Linguistics (cum laude), Leiden University

Key publication

(2011) 'Prepositional polysemy in Old Javanese? A semiotactic analysis of ri' in: Hetty Geerdink & Aone van Engelenhoven (eds.) Searching the Invariant. Semiotactic Explorations into Meaning, Munich : Lincom Europa, 145-167.