The Gothic Language
Origins, Structure, Development
An international symposium organized by
the Institute of Language and Communication
in collaboration with the Centre for Medieval Studies to be held at
the University of Southern Denmark (Odense) on 18-19 September 2008.
Place of venue: Lecture Hall No. O 77 (near Main Entrance).
Programme
Thursday 18 September
9.30
Registration
10.15
Introduction
10.30
Dr. Robert Nedoma (Universität Wien),
'Schrift und Sprache in den gotischen (ostgermanischen) Runeninschriften'.
Dr. Antoaneta Granberg (University of Gothenburg),
'Wulfila's Alphabet in the Light of Neighbouring Scripts'.
12.30
Lunch
13.30
Professor Dr. Elmar Seebold (Universität München),
'Die gotische Schrift und die gotischen Buchstabennamen'.
Professor Dr. Tette Hofstra (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen),
'Zur Frage der gotischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen'.
15.15
Coffee
15.45
Dr. Antje Casaretto (Universität Köln),
'Evidence for Language Contact in Gothic'.
Dr. Guus Kroonen (Universiteit Leiden),
'The Origin of the Full Grade in Gothic iup "up"'.
18.30
Dinner
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Friday 19 September
9.15
Professor Magnús Snædal (University of Iceland),
'Uns/unsis and Colloquial Gothic'.
Dr. Patrick Stiles (London),
'Morphology and Etymology in Gothic and its Congeners'.
10.50
Coffee
11.05
Luzius Thöni, lic.phil. (Universität Zürich),
'Flexionsklasseschwankungen und -übertritte im Nominalbereich
des Gotischen in vergleichender Sicht'.
Professor Dr. Hans Frede Nielsen (University of Southern Denmark),
'Gothic - A Language of Scandinavian Provenance?'.
12.15
Concluding Session
12.45
Lunch
The Symposium is open to all students and staff from Odense and elsewhere. If you
plan to participate in our conference dinner (DKK 260 inclusive of drinks) or lunches
(DKK 120 each), you should register by e-mail <hfn@language.sdu.dk> or fax (+45
6593 0490) no later than 18 August 2008. Otherwise no prior registration is required.
Should you wish to spend the night in Odense, you are well advised to book your
accommodation at your earliest convenience. The following two hotels located close to
the railway station are both comfortable and reasonably priced:
Hotel Ansgar (tel. +45 6611 9693 or www.ansgar-hotel.dk or ansgar@email.dk)
Østre Stationsvej 32
DK-5000 Odense C
Hotel Windsor (tel. +45 6612 0652 or www.choicehotels.dk or co.windsor@choice.dk)
Vindegade 45
DK-5000 Odense C
Bus No. 41 runs between the railway station, Bay C (Odense Banegård Center, Plads C) and
the University. Travelling time: max. 20 minutes.
Institut for Sprog og Kommunikation, Syddansk Universitet
DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
Fax +45 65 93 04 90 E-mail hfn@language.sdu.dk
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