Search

Indo-European and Historical Workshop

Page

The Workshop in Indo-European and Historical Linguistics provides a stimulating environment for the exchange of ideas in all aspects of the historical study of language. In recent years, students and faculty members from the Departments of Classics, Near...

Week of February 12th

News

GSAS Indo-European and Historical Linguistics Workshop Stefan Höfler (Harvard University) Performatives in the Past: The "Tragic Aorist" in Latin and Proto-Indo-European Friday, February 16 | 5pm | Boylston 335

Colloquium and Workshop

Page

Linguistics Colloquium Talk Series The Linguistics Colloquium is a series of lectures on any topic of linguistic inquiry given by specialists in their fields. The talks appeal to linguistics students and faculty. Invited speakers typically present their...

Week of Nov 25 - Happy Thanksgiving!

News

Hewett at Harvard Linguistics Colloquium Talk Series The fifth talk for Harvard Linguistics Colloquium Talk Series of the semester was given by Matthew Hewett (UPenn) on Friday Nov 22. The talk was titled 'The A-/Ā-distinction is categorial: the view from...

Week of December 5, 2016

News

GSAS Indo-European and Historical Linguistics Workshop Dariusz Piwowarczyk (Jagiellonian University) Towards the computational simulation of sound change in Indo-European Wednesday, December 7 | 5:30pm | Boylston 105 Isabelle at UMass Amherst Isabelle...

Week of February 4

News

GSAS Indo-European and Historical Linguistics Workshop Nadav Asraf (Harvard Classics) "Noun Incorporation in Ancient Greek?" Friday, February 8 | 5:00pm | Boylston 335

Week of September 25th

News

GSAS Indo-European and Historical Linguistics Workshop Laura Massetti (Center for Hellenic Studies) "Indo-European inheritance in Greek choral lyric" Friday, September 29th | 4pm | Boylston 103 LingedIn Cristina Aggazzotti "When words deceive you: Finding...

Week of March 8

News

GSAS Indo-European and Historical Linguistics Workshop Dieter Gunkel (University of Richmond) "The syllabotonic nature of Tocharian B Meter" Friday, March 12 | 5:00-6:30 PM | Check email for Zoom link

Historical Linguistics

Page

Many graduate students in the Classics, Germanic Languages and Literatures, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and other language-centered departments take courses in historical linguistics as part of their...

Week of September 20

News

GSAS Indo-European and Historical Linguistics Workshop Adam Singerman (Harvard University) "There are no 'relation prefixes' in the Tuparí language: synchronic and diachronic consequences" Friday, September 24 | 5:00-6:00 pm | Boylston 237

Week of November 2, 2015

News

By Priyanka Sen (Class of 2016) GSAS Indo-European and Historical Linguistics Workshop Mark Hale (Concordia University) Syntax, Scope, and Prosody: Ancient Greek as a Human Language Friday, November 6 | 5:00-6:30pm | Boylston 103

Week of October 19

News

Linguistics Circle Workshop/GSAS Indo-European and Historical Linguistics Workshop (co-hosted) Elly van Gelderen (Arizona State University) " Third Factors in Language Change" Friday, October 23 | 1:00-2:30 pm | Check your email for Zoom link