27.4167, Calls: Aramaic, Hebrew, Historical Ling, History of Ling, Ling & Lit/Israel

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Subject: 27.4167, Calls: Aramaic, Hebrew, Historical Ling, History of Ling, Ling & Lit/Israel

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:02:44
From: Elitzur Bae-Asher Siegal [ebas at mail.huji.ac.il]
Subject: Hebrew and Aramaic in the Middle Ages

 
Full Title: Hebrew and Aramaic in the Middle Ages: Language Studies and Grammatical Thought 
Short Title: MEDHEBARAM 

Date: 08-Feb-2017 - 09-Feb-2017
Location: Jerusalem, Israel 
Contact Person: Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal
Meeting Email: ebas at mail.huji.ac.il
Web Site: http://hebrew-language.huji.ac.il/news/קול-קורא-לכינוס-בנושא-העברית-והארמית-בימי-הביניים 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; History of Linguistics; Ling & Literature 

Subject Language(s): Aramaic, Official (arc)
                     Hebrew (heb)

Call Deadline: 31-Oct-2016 

Meeting Description:

>From the early Middle Ages until the Modern Era, Hebrew and Aramaic did not
function as spoken languages in Jewish communities. However, a multifaceted
literary oeuvre was composed in these languages. This period saw the
development of different genres of Hebrew and Aramaic literary expression such
as Halakhic treatises, biblical exegesis, the perfection of the art of
translation, poetry, philosophical literature, the development of new corpora
in mystical literature, etc. In addition to to these developments, during the
High Middle Ages, Jewish scholars began to delve into the linguistic study of
Hebrew and the grammar of its classical layers.

This conference will present current research in these fields. Some of the
fundamental questions we hope the conference will explore are:

- How is it possible to research a language whose vitality is expressed only
in writing? 
- What influenced language change in the period in question? 
- Does diachronic research of this period differ from the research of Hebrew
and Aramaic in other periods? 
- How did new genres come into being? What were their sources and what
influenced the character of these new genres? 
- What is the relationship between the Jewish tradition of Hebrew study and
neighboring traditions of language study? 
- What is the affinity between Hebrew linguistics of the period and medieval
Jewish and non-Jewish philosophy?

The Academy of the Hebrew Language and the Department of Hebrew Language in
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will jointly sponsor the conference. The
conference venue will be the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem,
February 8-9, 2017. The conference will be held immediately following a
conference organized by the Department of Hebrew Language honoring Prof.
Aharon Maman on his retirement from teaching.


Call for Papers:

Scholars are invited to submit proposals for papers that deal with questions
such as: 

- How is it possible to research a language whose vitality is expressed only
in writing? 
- What influenced language change in the period in question? 
- Does diachronic research of this period differ from the research of Hebrew
and Aramaic in other periods? 
- How did new genres come into being? 
- What were their sources and what influenced the character of these new
genres? 
- What is the relationship between the Jewish tradition of Hebrew study and
neighboring traditions of language study? 
- What is the affinity between Hebrew linguistics of the period and medieval
Jewish and non-Jewish philosophy? 

These are only examples of the fundamental questions we hope the conference
will explore.

Papers may be delivered in Hebrew or in English. Proposals for papers,
including the speaker's biographical information, title and a one page
abstract, should be sent no later than October 31, 2016 to
dorony at hebrew-academy.org.il

Organizing Committee:

Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal, Department of the Hebrew Language, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
Doron Ya'akov, The Academy of the Hebrew Language




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