<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all,<br><br></div>With apologies for cross-listing, I'd like to bring your attention to a one-day workshop on <i>Ancient Egyptian-Coptic in Typological Perspective</i>, in memory of the 25th anniversary of the death of Hans-Jakob Polotsky, one of the founders of the first department of linguistics in Israel. <br><br>The workshop will be held at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities on Wednesday, February 10th.<br><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><br></div>All are welcome! <br><br></div><span style="color:black"></span><span style="color:black">Best wishes from Jerusalem,<br></span></div></div><span style="color:black">Eitan<br><br></span><div><div class="h5"><div><div><div><br><br><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""></span><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><div><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(181,196,223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color;padding:3pt 0cm 0cm">
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<b><span style="font-family:Optima-Bold;color:black">Ancient Egyptian-Coptic in Typological Perspective<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE">האקדמיה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE">הלאומית</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE">הישראלית</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE">למדעים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE">מתכבדת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE">להזמינכם</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Optimum;color:rgb(0,3,0)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE">לכינוס</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE">לציון</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)"><span dir="LTR"></span> 25
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE">שנה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE">למותו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span>
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</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)" lang="HE">פולוצקי</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(26,141,225)" lang="HE"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(26,141,225)" lang="HE">תשע"ו,</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(26,141,225)"><span dir="LTR"></span> 10
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(26,141,225)" lang="HE">בפברואר </span>
</b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(26,141,225)"><span dir="LTR"></span> 2016<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(26,141,225)" lang="HE">בבית</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(26,141,225)" lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span>
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</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(26,141,225)" lang="HE">ז</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(26,141,225)"><span dir="LTR"></span>'</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(26,141,225)" lang="HE">בוטינסקי 43, ירושלים</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(26,141,225)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Nili Cohen,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:black">9:40-11:00 First Session<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Chair: Benjamin Z. Kedar,
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black">Member</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)">, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(77,77,0)">HJP: Some Personal Remarks<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(0,5,15)">Orly Goldwasser,
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)">The Hebrew University of Jerusalem<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(77,77,0)">The Significance of Typologists' Bird's-Eye View of Egyptian-Coptic<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(0,5,15)">Martin Haspelmath,
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)">Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History; Leipzig University<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(77,77,0)">Coptic: A Language without Words<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:black">11:30-13:00 Second Session<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Chair Moshe Bar-Asher,
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black">President</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)"> The Academy of the Hebrew Language; Member, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(77,77,0)">Historical Linguistics between Linguistics and Philology<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(0,5,15)">Colette Grinevald</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)">, University of Lyon<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)">Round Table Discussion<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(0,5,15)">Eitan Grossman,</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)"> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(0,5,15)">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(77,77,0)">Quo Vadis? Egyptian Linguistics in the 21st Century<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Tonio Sebastian Richter</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(0,3,0)">, Berlin Free University<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">RSVP: Ms. Cochi Maimaran Tel.: 02-5676240 e-mail: <a href="mailto:cochi@academy.ac.il" target="_blank">
cochi@academy.ac.il</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">On-street parking is available near the Academy. All lectures will be delivered in English.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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