Public speaking

I am an experienced public speaker, giving both talks and interviews on stage, in English, German and Dutch. Here’s what organisers and some visitors had to say about my presentations.

Currently, I’m offering two presentations. In Just As Exotic As We Are, I show the enormous diversity of languages (their sounds, their grammars, and much else besides) and linguistic cultures – that is, the ideas that societies have about all sorts of linguistic issues, such as spelling, dialects, loanwords and who decides what’s good usage.

In Europe’s Babel: Not So Confused, I emphasise how much the languages of our little continent have in common. Over the past two millennia, they have converged a good deal on each other, resulting in what linguists call a sprachbund or linguistic area. 

To invite me, just send me a message. Please provide as much practical information as you can: when and where will your event take place, what kind of audience do you aim at and what’s your financial offer? I typically reply by the next workday.