International workshop: New perspectives on Tangut study: language and script

*This event has already been held.

Date/Time

16 September, 2023 (Sat.), 13:00–17:30
17 September, 2023 (Sun.), 9:30–11:30

Venue

303, Online Meeting via Zoom

Program

16 September (Sat.)

Part 1: Linguistics

Chair: Shintaro ARAKAWA (ILCAA, TUFS)

Speaker:

Pei-chi CHANG (National Chengchi University)
“Evidentiality in the Tangut Language”

Shuya ZHANG (Trinity Centre for Asian Studies, Trinity College Dublin) [Zoom]
“A note on the Tangut directional prefix jij1-”

Yunfan LAI (Trinity Centre for Asian Studies, Trinity College Dublin) [Zoom]
“Lenition discrepancies between Tangut and Modern West Gyalrongic languages”

17 September (Sun.)

Part 2: Script study and philology

Chair: Takumi IKEDA (Zinbunken, Kyoto Univ.)

Speaker:

Shintaro ARAKAWA (ILCAA, TUFS)
“Some topics on the study of the shapes of Tangut script”

Shaohua LIU (Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao School of Ethnology, China) [Zoom]
“Study on the Chinese source of the Tangut version of Dengyao”

Language

English

Jointly sponsored by

• ILCAA, Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa (DDDLing)”
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “A Study on the Historical Development of the Sino-Tibetan Languages and their Typological Geography” (Principal Investigator: Takumi IKEDA (Kyoto University)Project number:18H05219)

(Posted 25 September, 2023)