The school will introduce the students to an interdisciplinary way of studying the past and present of languages, focusing on ancient and medieval European languages.
Moreover, students will be also be involved in small linguistic and computational historical linguistic projects aiming at an advanced knowledge of the methodology of describing, analyzing and explaining the grammar and the development of ancient languages. Students will acquire advanced knowledge of the modern theoretical approaches to the study of ancient languages, both in relation to the analysis of their grammar and to the examination of the correlations between society (for instance, in the cases of language contact), culture and linguistic development. The students will also be introduced to the methodology of computational and statistical analysis of ancient Indo-European languages and the challenges of linking digital heritage data with historical linguistic studies.
Programme
- Online spring school: Linguistic and computational historical linguistic intensive classes, lectures and masterclasses aiming at an advanced knowledge of the methodology of describing, analyzing and explaining the grammar and the development of ancient languages.
- Online workshop: Small computational historical linguistic projects “From texts to grammar”.
- Summer school (Naxos, Greece):* Linguistic and language intensive classes aiming at an advanced knowledge of the modern theoretical approaches to the study of ancient languages, both in relation to the analysis of their grammar and to the examination of the correlations between society (for instance, in the cases of language contact), culture and linguistic development.
Dates:
- Online spring school: March 28 - April, 1, 2022
- Online workshop (small computational historical linguistic projects): March-June 2022 (exact dates to be announced)
- Summer school: July 25 - 28, 2022, Naxos, Greece [July 25 – August 1, 2022 Athens (+ hybrid + Naxos workshops)].* In collaboration with the Naxos Summer School: LVCNaxos2022.uoa.gr
*The summer school will take place in Athens and in a hybrid form. (The workshops of the summer school participants will take place on the island of Naxos, if the conditions allow it).
