Upcoming events
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Fri12Dec202510:00 amBlandijn 2 3.30 (Camelot)
Bernat Bardagil (Ghent University) - Argument marking patterns as a proxy for social contact in the Guaporé-Mamoré region of Amazonia
Show contentTo 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.
Past events
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Fri14Jun20199:00 amGrote vergaderzaal (Blandijnberg 2, 3rd floor)
Workshop on Palenquero
Show contentIt is a pleasure to invite you to the seminar on Palenquero, a Romance-Bantu creole spoken in Colombia, to be given by Dr Miguel Gutiérrez Maté (University of Augsburg), on Friday 14th of June from 9h to 12h (Grote Vergaderzaal, Blandijn). In this seminar Dr Gutiérrez Maté, who studied under the guidance of the world-renowned creolist Prof. Dr Armin Schwegler, will discuss the historical genesis and parts of the linguistic characterisation of Palenquero, as well as share his personal experiences from doing fieldwork in more remote parts of the world.