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Zürich offers a broad spectrum of Germanic philologies. Apart from English and German, Dutch and Scandinavian studies are each offered as individual study tracks, and, furthermore, Frisian, Luxemburgish, Afrikaans, and Germanic dialects and contact languages are part of the Comparative Germanic Linguistics study track.
What is the intrinsic value of these smaller languages and varieties, and their respective linguistics for the general and comparative linguistics field? In this colloquium, we will introduce several linguistic disciplines as seen from different smaller Germanic languages and exchange knowledge as well as opinions on the value of the study of these languages to linguistic theory.
The motivation stems from the fact that these well-established but sometimes lesser-known philologies of smaller Germanic languages and dialects promise as much theoretical insight as those of bigger languages (such as English) or smaller, exotic languages (Pacific, Native American, etc.) that do not have the same in-depth descriptive tradition as ‘local’ Germanic languages. This may not be a contested opinion necessarily, but it is however a good idea that well-described and data-rich linguistic systems such ase these are brought back into the focus of general linguistics and linguistic theory.
Six plenary talks will be held by experts on different Germanic languages who will focus on one or more languages, but who are also skilled in the study of several other overlapping philologies, hence stimulating discussion rather than parallel one-way knowledge transfer. These plenary speakers are:
- Wannie Carstens (North-West University Potchefstroom),
- Leonie Cornips (Maastricht University & Meertens Instituut Amsterdam)
- Antje Dammel (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)
- Hans-Olav Enger (University of Oslo),
- Jarich Hoekstra (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel),
- Mark Louden (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
Further presentations will be held in parallel sessions, which will feature a whole range of Germanic languages and dialects.
The colloquium will end with a round table discussion amongst the plenary speakers and the young researchers.
The programme encompasses three half days. The first half-day (Thursday afternoon April 4th, 2019) will be allotted to four of the six plenary talks with room for discussion. The second half-day (Friday morning April 5th, 2019) sees the two further plenary talks and the first parallel open call sessions, the last half-day (Friday afternoon) consists of the second parallel open call sessions and an intensive round table discussion session. The round table panel consist of the invited speakers and will link all previous sessions and establish common grounds and discuss problems in the ‘small philology vs. theoretical linguistics’ debate. See the Programme below.
The colloquium will be held in English. Staff, students and all other interested parties are kindly invited.
The organisers cover a range of Germanic varieties in Zürich research and teaching: Prof. Dr. Elvira Glaser (Chair Germanic Philology), Dr. Chris De Wulf (Dutch Studies), Dr. des. Kevin Müller (Nordistic Studies) and Jonas Keller, MA (English Department).
Location: RAA-G-01 & RAA-G-15, Rämistrasse 59, 8001 Zürich
DAY 1: Thursday, April 4th, 2019
13:30 Arrival and coffee
14:00 Welcome word by Frauke Berndt, co-director of the Deutsches Seminar
Opening words by the ambassadors of the Netherlands, Luxemburg and Belgium, H.E. Ms. A. Luwema, H.E. Mr. J.-C. Meyer and H.E. Mr. W. De Buck
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Plenary session part 1 |
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RAA-G-01 |
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14:30 |
Loss of inflection in North Germanic adjectives – or is it? (PDF, 113 KB) (Hans-Olav Enger – University of Oslo, in cooperation with Helen Sims-Williams) |
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15:15 |
Grammatical gender in Luxemburgish – small language, big issue (PDF, 283 KB) (Antje Dammel – Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) |
16:00 Coffee break
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Plenary session part 2 |
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Room |
RAA-G-01 |
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16:30 |
The complementizer system of Modern West Frisian (PDF, 64 KB) (Jarich Hoekstra – Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) |
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17:15 |
Pennsylvania Dutch in the 21st Century (PDF, 27 KB) (Mark Louden – University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
18:00 Preliminary final words of the day
18:15 Reception
DAY 2: Friday, April 5th, 2019
08:30 Arrival with coffee
09:00 Welcome word
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Plenary session part 3 |
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RAA-G-01 |
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09:15 |
The loss of grammatical gender in Afrikaans – simplification in action (PDF, 257 KB) (Wannie Carstens – North-West University Potchefstroom) |
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10:00 |
(Leonie Cornips – Maastricht University & Meertens Instituut Amsterdam) |
10:45 Coffee break
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Parallel sessions part 1 |
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RAA-G-01 |
RAA-G-15 |
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11:15 |
The semantic concept of Old Icelandic Lesa (Kevin Müller, University of Zürich)
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The earliest written Afrikaans – What can we learn from Abu Bakr Effendi? (Jonas Keller, University of Zürich) |
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11:45 |
Frisia Dialects in the Middle Ages (PDF, 72 KB) (Christoph Hössel, University of Zürich)
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The Labovian Carousel – A good fit for all sorts of Dutch (PDF, 106 KB) (Chris De Wulf, University of Zürich) |
There will be time between lectures to switch rooms
12:15 Lunch break
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Parallel sessions part 2 |
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RAA-G-01 |
RAA-G-15 |
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14:15 |
(Lea Schäfer, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf) |
(Henning Radke, Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam) |
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14:45 |
Loanwords and native synonyms in Old and Middle Icelandic: preliminary results (PDF, 85 KB) (Matteo Tarsi, University of Iceland) |
Case systems of the Alto-Adige region (PDF, 11 KB) (Anne Kruijt, Università di Verona) |
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15:15 |
‘Ik spreek geen Fries’ – ‘Mar kinsto ferstean?’ Receptive multilingualism in Fryslân (PDF, 94 KB) (Guillem Belmar & Sara Pinho, University of Groningen) |
Two grammars, one speaker: the case of Low German verbal clusters (PDF, 322 KB) (Marie Schnieders & Ankelien Schippers, University of Oldenburg) |
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15:45 |
(Péter Maitz & Siegwalt Lindenfelser, University of Bern) |
New ways to see the wood for the trees in Afrikaans syntax (PDF, 45 KB) (Peter Dirix & Liesbeth Augustinus, KU Leuven) |
There will be time between lectures to switch rooms
16:15 Coffee break
16:45 Round table discussion
17:45 Conclusions and closing words
18:15 Dinner with active participants in restaurant Oberhof
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