Events

• Tue

  25

  Nov

  2025

  Isabelle de Meyer (Ghent University) – “A solid metaphor: the etymology of Ancient Greek áristos 'best', areíōn 'better' and aretḗ 'excellence'”

  11:00 amBlandijn, Faculteitszaal
• Tue

  09

  Dec

  2025

  Gina Saviano (Ghent University) – "Mapping the Regional Linguistic Space between Italian and Dialect: A Computational Analysis of Phonetic Features in Neapolitan"

  11:00 amBlandijn, Faculteitszaal

  Abstract

  “Continuum con addensamenti”, ‘continuum with agglomerations’: this is how Berruto once described the Italian linguistic repertoire. Much has been discussed about the extremes of this continuum; however, little do we know about those intermediate “agglomerations”. How many are there? How are they organized? Do they share features? To address these questions, we adopt a phonetic perspective and borrow a technique typically used in commercial profiling. Examining established Neapolitan phonetic features alongside new prosodic parameters, we identify possible speaker profiles and features agglomerations, shedding a new light on the intermediate varieties of the Italian standard-dialect continuum. In this talk, I will discuss preliminary studies and findings, applying this innovative methodology to offer new insights into the nature of the concept of variety.

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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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Event Information:

• Wed

  24

  Apr

  2019

  Leonid Kulikov: The Vedic particle ghā̆ and the primordial incest of Yama vs. Yamī: Linguistic and comparative-mythological evidence from Indo-Iranian and beyond

  2:00 pmroom Blandijn 150.009 (5th floor)

  Internal Research Seminar – INDOLOGY

  Leonid Kulikov:  "The Vedic particle ghā̆ and the primordial incest of Yama vs. Yamī: Linguistic and comparative-mythological evidence from Indo-Iranian and beyond."

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