Hybrid Lecture: “German-Romance Language Contact in the Italian Alps”
with Stefan Rabanus
Event Details
Date
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Time
6 p.m.
Location
126 Memorial Library
Description
HYBRID LECTURE: Pre-registration for virtual attendance required. Email apetty@wisc.edu.
Since ancient times, the Alps have been a transitional space between German(ic) and Latin/Italian cultures. This lecture will introduce the AlpiLinK project, which aims via crowdsourcing to document the Germanic and Romance dialects and minority languages and dialects spoken across the Alpine regions of Italy.
Stefan Rabanus is Professor of German linguistics at the University of Verona, Italy.
Since ancient times, the Alps have been a transitional space between German(ic) and Latin/Italian cultures. This lecture will introduce the AlpiLinK project, which aims via crowdsourcing to document the Germanic and Romance dialects and minority languages and dialects spoken across the Alpine regions of Italy.
Stefan Rabanus is Professor of German linguistics at the University of Verona, Italy.
Cost
Free
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