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Fri12Dec202510:00 amBlandijn 2 3.30 (Camelot)Show content
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.
Past events
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Thu08Nov20181:00 pmGrote Vergaderzaal (Blandijnberg 2, 3e verdieping)
Get to know your colleagues: Klaas Bentein, Geert de Mol, Yasmine Amory and Emmanuel Roumanis; Metin Bagriacik; and Laura Bruno.
Show contentProf. Klaas Bentein will introduce his ERC-project and the members of his new team (Geert de Mol, dr. Yasmine Amory and Emmanuel Roumanis) to the members of DiaLing. The title of the ERC-project is Everyday writing in Graeco-Roman and late antique Egypt (I – VIII AD). A socio-semiotic study of communicative variation.
Dr. Metin Bagriacik will introduce us to his FWO-postdoc project, titled "Relatives and their relatives in Asia Minor Greek: A synchronic micro-comparative analysis."
Laura Bruno, a new member of DiaLing, will also introduce herself and her project, which is titled: "Non-canonical subject marking in Germanic vernaculars."