1. CLCG Evaluation 2004 Descriptive and Historical Linguistics 1998-2003 Peter Houtzagers, Tette Hofstra, Cornelius Hasselblatt

2. Outline - Who are we? - Achievements - Goals - Opportunities, threats

3. Who are we? Languages studied (1/3) FINNO-UGRIAN - Prof. Dr. C.T. Hasselblatt - Dr. A.M. De Bie-Kerékjártó - Drs. R.P.C.E. Blokland (Ph.D.student) - Dr. M. Czibere - [Dr. S.L. Hahmo; now professor in Greifswald, Germany] - [Dr. R.A. Sarhimaa, now professor in Mainz, Germany]

4. Who are we? Languages studied (2/3) GERMANIC German - [Prof. Dr. W.O.G. Abraham, retired] - Dr. A.P. ten Cate Old Germanic - Prof. Dr. T. Hofstra Low Saxon - Prof. Dr. H.W.H. Niebaum - [Dr. G.H. Kocks, retired] - [Dr. R.A. Ebeling, retired] Groningen dialect - Prof. Dr. S. Reker English - Dr. G. van der Meer Scandinavian- Dr. M. Norde [new member 2004]

5. Who are we? Languages studied (3/3) GREEK - Dr. G.C. Wakker - Drs. S.J. Bakker (Ph.D. student) ROMANCE - Dr. R. de Jonge SLAVIC - Dr. H.B. Brijnen - Dr. H.P. Houtzagers - [Dr. J. Schaeken, now professor in Leiden] - Drs. H. Toby (Ph.D.student)

6. Who are we? Topics 1. Language variation and change 2. Dialectology 3. Descriptive syntax and semantics Examples: 1. Hofstra: oldest Germanic loans in Balto-Finnic 1. Ph.D. project Blokland: Russian loans in Estonian 1-2 Ph.D. project Toby: Low German influence on Kashubian dialects 1-2 Houtzagers: Croatian dialects, contacts with Hungarian and German 3. Ph.D. project Bakker: markedness and definiteness in the NP in Ancient Greek

7. Who are we? Uniting characteristics - Theory is not a goal in itself, but a tool that serves the primary interest of the group members, which is to describe and classify linguistic facts based on empirical research - Frameworks applied - Language-specificity Relevance - No knowledge (including theory) without data - Lesser susceptibility to obsolescence - Broadness ccc Examples:

8. Achievements - 171 academic publications - 7 monographs - 6 Ph.D. theses - 18 editorial activities - 72 professional publications (interest of a wider audience) - 2 internal and 1.5 external Ph.D. projects initiated - Finno-Ugristics conference 2001 - other conferences (in collaboration with other groups), e.g. Languages in Contact 2000

9. Goals - continuation of output  more Ph.D. students and postdocs (future generation)

10. Opportunities, threats Threats - few possibilities for Ph.D. projects - situation within the FdL, connection with teaching priorities Opportunities  collaboration with LOT, CNWS