This CIVIS Blended Intensive Programme will introduce participating students to an interdisciplinary way of studying the past and present of languages, focusing on ancient and medieval European 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.
Moreover, students will be involved in small linguistic and computational historical linguistic projects that aim to build advanced knowledge of the methodology of describing, analysing and explaining the grammar and the development of ancient languages.
This CIVIS Blended Intensive Programme includes an introduction 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.
Main topics addressed
- Computational historical linguistic analyses: “From texts to grammar”
- New methodologies of describing, analyzing and explaining the grammar and the development of ancient languages
- Modern theoretical approaches to the study of ancient languages
Learning outcomes
Students will acquire advanced knowledge of the modern descriptive and analytical approaches to the study of ancient and medieval languages, both in relation to the analysis of their grammar and to the examination of the correlations between society (for instance, in the case of language contact) and language change. The students will also be introduced to the methodology of computational and statistical analysis of ancient and medieval Indo-European languages and the challenges of linking digital heritage data with historical linguistic studies.
This CIVIS Blended Intensive Programme is devoted to the dissemination of the new approaches to ancient and medieval languages: modern linguistic theories in collaboration with technology and modern statistical analyses (historical computational linguistics and modern linguistic approaches as well as the perspective of digital heritage).
| Dates: 8 April - 31 July 2024 | Language: English (B2) |
| Location: Naxos, Greece | ECTS: 6* |
| Format: Blended | Workload: 180 hours |
| Contact: nlavidas@uoa.gr |
*Recognition of ECTS depends on your home university.
Physical mobility
25-31 July 2024, Naxos, Greece
In collaboration with the Naxos Summer School: NAXOS-Diachronic-Linguistics-2024.uoa.gr
This CIVIS course is a blended-learning programme that consists of an intensive online Spring School, online workshops and an intensive Summer School (40 hours of face-to-face classes) that will be held in Naxos, Greece in July 2024.
Selected students will be supported by a grant for physical mobility to Greece.
Virtual part
8 April - 30 June 2024
- 8-12 April 2024: 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.
- April - June 2024: Online workshops. Dates to be announced (once per month, from April to July). Small computational historical linguistic projects “From texts to grammar”
