Events

Upcoming events

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  • Tue
    19
    Nov
    2019

    Prof. Carme Silva Domínguez: The Evolution of Possessive Pronouns: Forms and Structures from Latin to Modern Galician and Portuguese

    1:00 pmCamelot room (Blandijnberg 2, 3rd floor)

    DiaLing presentation by Prof. Dr. Carme Silva Domínguez (University of Santiago de Compostela): "The Evolution of Possessive Pronouns: Forms and Structures from Latin to Modern Galician and Portuguese."

    Abstract: This presentation offers a comparison between possessive pronouns in three varieties proceeding from LAtin: Medieval Galician-Portuguese, Modern Galician and Modern Portuguese. First of all we will explain the morphological evolution of the paradigm through the examination of the main evolutionary phenomena which allow us to contrast the ancient and modern languages. After that we will deal with the constructive changes in the possessive structures: among them, the combination with article, placement strategies and evolution beyond the noun phrase. In addition, the syntactic behavior of the possessive seems to be different in Galician and in Portuguese, although further research about non normative varieties is needed.

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Past events

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  • Tue
    22
    Oct
    2019
    Fri
    25
    Oct
    2019

    Multilingualism and language varieties in Europe - Autumn School in Medieval Languages and Culture 2019

    8:30 amCamelot room (Blandijnberg 2, 3rd floor)

    The Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies (HPIMS) is organizing their 2019 Autumn school in Medieval Languages and Culture on the theme of Multilingualism and language varieties in Europe.

    In particular, on Tuesday 22 October, Roger Wright (University of Liverpool) will give a lecture (11.00-12.30) on "The emergence of the vernacular languages in the Middle Ages; Romance in the Iberian Peninsula in the Tenth Century." After lunch, Anna Adamska will give a lecture (15.30-17.00) with the title "A laboratory of multilingual communication? Speaking, writing and reading, in the towns of late medieval East Central Europe."

    For more information, please visit https://www.ugent.be/pirenne/en/news-events/events/sociolinguistics.

    Attendance for individual lectures, as well as the entire Autumn School, is free for UGent members, but registration is required: please inform the organisers of your attendance for specific lectures, or for the Autumn school as a whole, at Martine.DeReu@ugent.be.

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