Events

Upcoming events

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  • Fri
    12
    Dec
    2025

    Bernat Bardagil (Ghent University) - Argument marking patterns as a proxy for social contact in the Guaporé-Mamoré region of Amazonia

    10:00 amBlandijn 2 3.30 (Camelot)

    To what extent can we use a high-resolution comparative linguistics approach to open a window into human history when we lack tangible historical information? The Guaporé-Mamoré region, overlapping significant territory in the Bolivian and Brazilian lowlands, is one of the most linguistically and culturally diverse regions in the continent. In spite of that, we know extremely little about the history of a vast majority of the languages, and the indigenous nations who speak them, before the 20th century. In this talk I will discuss my ongoing research examining grammatical properties in order to triangulate historical information about the nations inhabiting of this area.

    Jointly organised with BantUGent. To join the meeting online via MS teams, please contact Nina van der Vlugt.

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Past events

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  • Thu
    21
    Mar
    2019

    Get to know your colleagues: Rozenn Guérois, Hilde Gunnink, Minah Nabirye and Alessandro Papini

    1:00 pmGrote vergaderzaal (Blandijnberg 2, 3e verdieping)

    Project presentations by new DiaLing members:

    • Rozenn Guérois: "A typology of the passive voice in Bantu"
    • Hilde Gunnink: "Language contact between migrating Bantu speakers and resident Khoisan speakers in southern Africa"
    • Minah Nabirye: "Duplication processes in Lusoga morphosyntax"
    • Alessandro Papini: "Stylistic and diatopic variation in the 'Vulgar' Latin vowel system. Rome and Italy: a statistical analysis based on inscriptional evidence."
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