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Griekenlandcentrum: Toon Van Hal – De enige taal op aarde. Grieken over het Grieks
Het Grieks is een geniale taal – dat weten we sinds Andrea Marcolongo er een boek over schreef. Maar wat vonden de Grieken daar zelf van? En wat was hun houding ten opzichte van andere talen? In deze lezing wordt verkend op wat voor taalkundig onderzoek de Grieken zich hebben toegelegd, en aan welke onderwerpen en vraagstukken ze zich niét hebben gewaagd. Het wordt een breed overzicht: van aspectleer tot taalfilosofie, van taalvergelijking tot de uitvinding van de woordsoorten. Bijzondere aandacht gaat uit naar de culturele context van de Griekse talige exploraties. En we zullen nagaan tot op welke hoogte het grammaticaonderwijs Nederlands in onze lagere scholen nog Grieks gekruid is.
https://www.grieks.ugent.be/griekenlandcentrum/programma/
LinGhentian Doctorials 2019
https://www.linghentiandoctorials.ugent.be/
The “LinGhentian Doctorials” conference – by and for PhD students in language studies – creates an opportunity for both seasoned PhD students and those who only just started their PhDs to present (some aspects of) their research to a broad audience of scholars in language studies. This allows for in-depth interaction with and feedback from scholars of various backgrounds and is meant to be complementary to the feedback of their supervisors. It is also a great opportunity to expand their networks to colleagues studying languages in different departments.
This call is directed to PhD students of language studies across different departments of Ghent University:
- Linguistics
- Translation, Interpreting and Communication
- Languages and Cultures
- Psychology
- ….
The aim is to build bridges between theoretical, empirical and applied linguists and to strengthen the bonds between PhD students with somewhat different backgrounds and frameworks, methodologies, objects of study, etc.
Key dates
The LinGhentian Doctorials 2019 will take place on Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 December in the Faculty room of the Faculty of Arts (Blandijnberg 1, 9000 Gent). All PhD students who would like to participate are kindly requested to submit the following to linghentiandoctorials@ugent.be:
– A provisional title no later than Sunday 10 November 2019;
– An abstract (max. 1 page, references excluded) no later than Sunday 17 November 2019.
Participants can freely choose the topic and format of their presentation. Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes and will be followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Group presentations (e.g. projects) are eligible for an extended duration.
All presentations will be delivered by PhD students, but of course all academic staff and interested students are most welcome to attend the event and provide feedback or ask questions.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at linghentiandoctorials@ugent.be.
BantUGent: Prof. Ceri Ashley on “Pathways through the Forest? Reflecting on the Archaeology of Early Farming Communities in Great Lakes Africa”
Prof. Ceri Ashley (British Museum, London): “Pathways through the Forest? Reflecting on the Archaeology of Early Farming Communities in Great Lakes Africa”.
On December 12 we have the honour to welcome Prof. Ceri Ashley (British Museum, London) with a talk on “Pathways through the Forest? Reflecting on the Archaeology of Early Farming Communities in Great Lakes Africa“. Her talk will be followed by a BantuFirst research pitch on “The New West-Coastal Bantu Homeland: An Archaeological Assessment” by Sara Pacchiarotti & Dirk Seidensticker.
BantUGent: Dr. Louis Champion: on “Domestication of Pearl Millet in Africa: Potential Origins and Diffusion”
Dr. Louis Champion (Goethe Universität Frankfurt): “Domestication of Pearl Millet in Africa: Potential Origins and Diffusion”.
On November 21 we have the honour to welcome Dr. Louis Champion (Goethe Universität Frankfurt) with a talk on the “Domestication of Pearl Millet in Africa: Potential Origins and Diffusion“. His talk will be followed by a BantuFirst research pitch on “Bananas in Early Bantu Speech Communities: Reconsidering Linguistic Evidence” by Sifra Van Acker. More info can be found here.
Lengson Ngwasi: The non-reflexive functions of the reflexive prefix -i- in the Tanzanian Bantu languages Hehe, Nilamba and Nyaturu
Lengson Ngwasi (University of Gothenburg): “The non-reflexive functions of the reflexive prefix -i- in the Tanzanian Bantu languages Hehe, Nilamba and Nyaturu”.
You can find the abstract here.
Michal Starke: Cutting French verbs and gluing them back together
Prof. Dr Michal Starke (Masaryk University): “Cutting French verbs and gluing them back together”.
Abstract: Descriptively, French has many “irregular” verbs, as well as a mildly complex combination of suffixes on verbs. I aim to show that both irregular verbs and the combination of verbal suffixes follow a regular underlying system, and that this system can be elegantly derived by using phrasal spellout, the elsewhere principle and the functional sequence provided by syntax.
Leonid Kulikov: Gr. Κένταυρος and his (non-)Indo-European relatives: the Indo-Iranian myth of the primordial incest between twins (Yamī and Yama) and its origins
ΔiaLing-presentation by Dr. Leonid Kulikov (UGent, ΔiaLing): “Gr. Κένταυρος and his (non-)Indo-European relatives: the Indo-Iranian myth of the primordial incest between twins (Yamī and Yama) and its origins.”
Prof. Carme Silva Domínguez: The Evolution of Possessive Pronouns: Forms and Structures from Latin to Modern Galician and Portuguese
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.
BantUGent: Prof. André Motingea Mangulu & BantuFirst research pitch
Prof. André Motingea Mangulu (UPN Kinshasa) will give a talk with the title “Particularités des langues mongo parlées par les groupes d’anciens chasseurs-collecteurs du bassin central congolais : Une contribution à la linguistique historique et à l’histoire des migrations.”
After that, there will be a BantuFirst research pitch on “Dorsal fricatives in West Coastal Bantu: substrate interference from extinct hunter- gatherer languages?”, presented by Dr Sara Pacchiarotti.