Centre for Language and Communication established

[Leo -dot- R -dot- Lentz -at- LET -dot- RUU -dot- NL]

 We take pleasure in announcing the establishment at Utrecht
 University of the

       CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION   (CLC)

 The CLC is a research group within the Faculty of Arts of
 Utrecht University. It was set up in order to gain insight
 into factors that determine success or failure in human verbal
 communication and in how the relevant abilities are acquired.
 The ultimate aim with regard to these abilities is to develop
 methods and techniques to facilitate both acquisition and
 performance. The research programme covers both communication
 in the mother tongue (especially Dutch) and in a second or
 foreign language.

 In the CLC, various research traditions cooperate. The
 research is carried out in eight main projects by the
 following people:

       1. THE FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF COMMUNICATION PROCESSES
            Permanent staff: Professor P.J. van den Hoven,
                  T. Koole, Dr L. Lentz, Dr H. Pander Maat.
            Temporary staff: W. Okkerse.

       2. THE LINGUISTICS OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
            Permanent staff: H. Bolte, Professor W. Herrlitz,
                  Dr M.A. Sharwood Smith, P.J. Slagter.
            Temporary staff: R. de Graaff, K. Jauregi,
                  L. de Rooy, W.J.M. Tummers,
                  E.A. Klein-Gunnewiek (from end 1993).
            Research associate: Dr H. Westheide.

       3. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
            Permanent staff: Dr P.M. de Groot,
                  Dr L.J.A. Nienhuis, Dr J.C.T. Ringeling.
            Research associate: I. Wijgh.

       4. LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY
            Permanent staff: H. Bolte.
            Research associate: P. Bimmel, H. Mulder,
                  Prof.dr. G.J. Westhoff.

       5. THE PRODUCTION OF WRITTEN TEXTS
            Permanent staff: Dr C.J.M. Jansen,
                  Dr D.M.L. Janssen, Dr T.J.M. Sanders.
            Temporary staff: J. Schilperoord,
                   N.P. van der Mast.

       6. TEXTUAL FEATURES
            Permanent staff: Dr J.P. Houtkoop-Steenstra,
                  Dr F. Jansen, Dr D.M.L. Janssen,
                  Dr H. Pander Maat, Dr T.J.M. Sanders,
                  Dr A. Verhagen.
            Temporary staff: L.H. Cornelis, J. Hulst.

       7. TEXTUAL INTERPRETATION
            Permanent staff: Dr C.J.M. Jansen, Dr L. Lentz,
                  Dr G.L.J. Nas, Dr T.J.M. Sanders.
            Temporary staff: H.A. Glasbeek.
            Research associate: R. Neutelings.

       8. FUNCTIONALLY ORIENTED LINGUISTICS:
       HISTORY AND METHODOLOGY
            Permanent staff: Dr H. van den Bergh,
                  Professor W. Herrlitz, Dr F. Jansen,
                  Dr L. Lentz.
            Temporary staff: Dr F. Vonk.
            Research associate: J. Haenen.

 The CLC was officially established on january 1st, 1993. To
 celebrate the establishment, an `inaugural symposium' took
 place on june 25th. At this symposium, Dr A. Verhagen (CLC)
 spoke about the relation between language and communication.
 Professor W. Zwanenburg, dean of the Faculty of Arts,
 commented on Verhagen's talk. Professor Herrzlitz and
 professor Van den Hoven (chairmen of the CLC Research Advisory
 Committee en the CLC Standing Committee respectively)
 introduced the CLC.
 At the symposium, a volume of papers by the CLC-members and
 others (`Taal in onderwijs en organisatie, een vlootschouw van
 onderzoek' - "Language in education and organisation, an
 overview of research") was presented to prof. Herrlitz because
 of his 50th birthday and his 15 years of dedication to the
 faculty. The book, which contains several essays in English,
 gives an impression of CLC-research.


 Centre for Language and Communication
 Utrecht University
 Trans 10
 NL-3512 JK Utrecht
 The Netherlands


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