JSPS Bilateral program (JSPS-FWO) “The Past and Present of Bantu Languages: Integrating Micro-Typology, Historical-Comparative Linguistics and Lexicography” The first meeting

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Date/Time

12 May, 2021 (Wed.), 16:30–20:00

Venue

Online meeting

Program

16:30–16:40
Koen Bostoen (Ghent University)
Opening remarks

Chair: Daisuke SHINAGAWA (ILCAA)

16:45–17:15
Sara Pacchiarotti (Ghent University)
“Phylogenetics and the Comparative Method as tools for the internal classification of West-Coastal Bantu: results and challenges”

17:15-17:45
Lorenzo Maselli (Ghent University)
“Phonetic and phonological research on hunter-gatherer substrate interference in the West-Coastal Bantu homeland region: some preliminary results and methodological remarks”

17:45-18:15
Kyoungwon Jeong (ILCAA)
“Micro-parametric research on cross-Bantu phonological microvariation: a test case in Swati”

Chair: Gilles-Maurice de Schryver

18:30-19:00
Yuka MAKINO (ILCAA, JSPS Research Fellow)
“Contrastive analysis on the local variation of TAM expressions in M40 and M50”

19:00-19:30
Makoto FURUMOTO (ILCAA Research Assiciate)
“What does the mismatch between the form and the function tell us? On the final vowel in Kimakunduchi”

19:30-20:00
Hilde Gunnink (Ghent University)
“Language contact between migrating Bantu speakers and resident Khoisan speakers in southern Africa”

For details, please see here.

Language

English

Jointly Organized by

• JSPS-FWO Bilateral program “The Past and Present of Bantu Languages: Integrating Micro-Typology, Historical-Comparative Linguistics and Lexicography”
• Core Project “Linguistic Dynamics Science3 (LingDy3)”, ILCAA, TUFS