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The Hermann Paul Centre for Linguistics

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The Hermann Paul Centre for Linguistics (HPCL) is a central research and teaching centre at the University of Freiburg that brings together linguists from various disciplines and faculties. It is named after the influential Neogrammarian Hermann Paul (1846–1921).

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6pm on the 03.07.2025
You are warmly invited!
Hermann Paul Lecture 2025


At 6 p.m. on 7 June, this year’s Hermann Paul Lecture, held by Prof. Dr Barbara Plank, will take place on the topic “Human-centred LLMs for Inclusive Language Technology.”

Donnerstags 14-16 Uhr
You are warmly invited!
Lecture Series “Language, CommuniCation & Cognition” 


“The Forum for Freiburg Linguistics”

HS 1016, Platz der Universität 3

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M.A. Linguistics: Language, CommuniCation & Cognition

Our master’s degree programme is dedicated to language in its forms and functions, in its variability, in its history and development, in its cognitive foundations and constraints, and in its communicative capacities.