31.441, Summer Schools: Summer Schools: 5th Naxos Summer School: Language Variation and Change in Ancient and Medieval Europe / Greece

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Subject: 31.441, Summer Schools:  Summer Schools: 5th Naxos Summer School: Language Variation and Change in Ancient and Medieval Europe / Greece

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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:45:34
From: Nikolaos Lavidas [nlavidas at enl.uoa.gr]
Subject: Summer Schools: 5th Naxos Summer School: Language Variation and Change in Ancient and Medieval Europe / Greece

Summer Schools: 5th Naxos Summer School: Language Variation and Change in Ancient and Medieval Europe

Host Institution: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Coordinating Institution: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Dates: 19-Jul-2020 - 26-Jul-2020
Location: Naxos, Greece

Focus: Host Institution: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Coordinating Instutitions: University of Athens, Arizona State University, University of Osnabrück, University of Cambridge
Website: http://LVCNaxos2020.enl.uoa.gr/

Dates: 19-Jul-2020 - 26-Jul-2020
Location: Naxos, Cyclades, Greece

Focus: Intensive language classes on ancient and medieval languages and linguistic classes on language change and variation in Ancient and Medieval Europe (with emphasis on Old and Middle English, Gothic, Old Romance and Ancient Greek).
Minimum Education Level: Undergraduate
Minimum Education Level: Undergraduate

Description:
We are happy to inform you that registration is now open for the 5th Naxos
Summer School on Language Variation and Change in Ancient and Medieval Europe.

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Arizona State University,
University of Osnabrück and University of Cambridge are coordinating a summer
school program, a workshop and master classes on ancient and medieval
languages and linguistics, to be held on July 19 – 26, 2020 on the island of
Naxos, Greece.

The summer school will offer intensive language classes and linguistic classes
on language change and variation in Ancient and Medieval Europe (with emphasis
on Old and Middle English, Gothic, Old Romance and Ancient Greek) for a period
of seven days. Eight courses will be offered as well as eight master classes
and a workshop. The aim is to attract students and scholars to study ancient
and medieval languages and linguistics in a relaxed yet very focused and
stimulating atmosphere that promotes in depth analysis and discussion.

Courses: The morphosyntax of Old and Middle English through manuscripts (Elly
van Gelderen, Arizona State University); Old English and how it developed
syntactically in the later Middle and Modern periods (Olga Fischer, University
of Amsterdam); Old and Middle English phonology and meter (Introductory)
(Donka Minkova, UCLA); Historical Sociolinguistics: Old and Middle English
(Alexander Bergs, University of Osnabrück); The Goths and their cool language:
>From Proto-Germanic to Gothic (Thórhallur Eythórsson, University of Iceland);
The syntactic evolution of the Romance languages (Ioanna Sitaridou, University
of Cambridge); Introduction to Ancient Greek morphosyntax (Dag Haug,
University of Oslo); Diachronic Typology: An introduction (Nikolaos Lavidas,
University of Athens)

Masterclasses: Nikolaos Pantelidis (University of Athens), Indo-European
Phonology; Igor Yanovich (Universität Tübingen), Building language family
trees with computational tools; Donka Minkova (UCLA), When do rhymes provide
dependable evidence? Ioanna Sitaridou (University of Cambridge), The emergence
of Asia Minor Greek; Olga Fischer (University of Amsterdam), What role do
iconicity and analogy play in grammaticalization? Thórhallur Eythórsson
(University of Iceland), The Preverb-Verb Construction in Indo-European:
Synchronic analysis and diachronic development; Alexander Bergs (University of
Osnabrück), Historical Construction Grammar; Elly van Gelderen (Arizona State
University), Third factors and language change

Workshop (July 22, 2020):
“Language Change in Indo-European” II

Practical information:
Location: Ursuline School in Naxos, Cyclades, Greece

Accommodation: We can offer 40 beds at the municipality hostel
(Vivlos/Tripodes village) for the whole period of the summer school.
Students and participants will also be offered a discount of 30% for the ferry
tickets.

More information (on schedule, registration etc.) can be found on the summer
school webpage:

http://LVCNaxos2020.enl.uoa.gr/

Nikolaos Lavidas (University of Athens), Elly van Gelderen (Arizona State
University), Alexander Bergs (University of Osnabrück), Ioanna Sitaridou
(University of Cambridge)

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics

Subject Languages: English, Middle
                    English, Old
                    Gothic
                    Greek, Ancient
                    Spanish, Old

Language Families: Indo-European

Tuition Explanation: Registration Fee: 190 EUR

Apply on the web: https://conferences.uoa.gr/event/12/page/36-registration

Registration Instructions:
To apply for the summer school, please use the online application form:
https://conferences.uoa.gr/event/12/page/36-registration (Places are limited,
we therefore advise you to enroll as quickly as possible).

Financial Aid: Applications accepted until 15-Apr-2020
Financial Aid: Applications accepted until 15-Apr-2020
3 scholarships available (that cover the registration fees) for university (BA, MA, PhD) students. Applications accepted until April 15, 2020.

Financial Aid Instructions:
In order to apply for a scholarship, please email your motivation and your CV to nlavidas at enl.uoa.gr [Nikolaos Lavidas] before April 15, 2020.

Financial Aid Instructions:

Registration: 01-Feb-2020 to 15-Apr-2020

Contact Person: Nikolaos Lavidas
                Email: nlavidas at enl.uoa.gr

Apply on the web: https://conferences.uoa.gr/event/12/page/36-registration

Registration Instructions:
Registration Instructions:
To apply for the summer school, please use the online application form:
https://conferences.uoa.gr/event/12/page/36-registration (Places are limited,
we therefore advise you to enroll as quickly as possible).

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