Preliminary Program

Day 1

Friday, November 13, 2020

10:00–10:20

Opening remarks

Anne Jensen (Head of the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen)

Stefan Höfler (Organizer, University of Copenhagen)


10:20–10:55

Interface between Nominal and Verbal Morphology

Birgit Anette Olsen (University of Copenhagen)

Abstract Handout

10:55–11:30

-s-Stems and Delocative Infinitives: From Derivational History to Grammaticalization

José L. García Ramón

Abstract Handout

11:30–11:45 Coffee Break

11:45–12:20

*arm-. The Link Between a Wheel, an Arm and an Ox

Isabelle de Meyer (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris / Ghent University)

Abstract Handout

12:20–12:55

“Left” in Proto-Indo-European: Meaning and Form of a Sexual Taboo

Domenico Giuseppe Muscianisi (Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University / IULM University Milan)

Abstract Handout

12:55–14:30 Lunch Break

14:30–15:15

Panel Discussion:

‘Morph’, ‘Morpheme’, ‘Allomorph’: Do we need more precision in our terminology?

Abstract Reading

15:15–15:30 Coffee Break

15:30–16:05

A database of etymologically annotated concept lists

Nathanael E. Schweikhard (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena)

Abstract Handout

16:05–16:40

Die mehrdeutigen Wurzelnomina und ihre indoeuropäischen Grundlagen

Konstantin G. Krasuchin (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow)

Abstract Handout

16:40–17:15

Latin 3sg ēst ‚(s)he eats‘ and Latin Nsg pēs ‚foot‘

Josef J. Jarosch (Universität Erlangen)

Abstract Handout

17:15–17:30 Tea Break

17:30–18:15

Panel Discussion:

The Erlangen Model of Accent and Ablaut Classes

Abstract

19:30 (Quasi-)Conference Dinner

Day 2

Saturday, November 14, 2020

10:00–10:35

Who’s Afraid of a Fearful Wolf? On the Manifold Readings of Possessive Adjectives in Indo-European

Stefan Höfler (University of Copenhagen)

Abstract Handout

10:35–11:10

A typology of Indo-European -st-formations

Adam Hyllested (University of Copenhagen)

Abstract Handout

11:10–11:45

Doing justice to PGmc. *aiwa- ‘marriage; law, right’ – The connection to Lat. iūs ‘law, right’

Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen (University of Copenhagen)

Abstract Handout

11:45–12:00 Coffee Break

12:00–12:45

Panel Discussion:

Synchronic Reconstruction within Diachronic Reconstruction: The Methodological Danger of Derivational Chains

Abstract

12:45–14:15 Lunch Break

14:15–14:50

The PIE *-men-stems and the Caland system

Georges-Jean Pinault (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Université Paris sciences et lettres)

Abstract Handout

14:50–15:25

Respect in retrospect. The formal and semantic background of PSl. *cěty

Marek Majer (University of Lodz) & Rafał Szeptyński (Polish Academy of Sciences)

Abstract Handout

15:25–15:40 Coffee Break

15:40–16:15

Brush up your Grassmann! An old new Caland root *h2rewd ‘SHINE’

Melanie Malzahn (University of Vienna)

Abstract Handout

16:15–16:50

The Derivational History of Old Norse Loki, the Twofold Semantics of the Caland Root *leu̯g- ‘to be bent, twisted; to bind, enclose’, and the Indo-European Myth of the Binding of the Fire-God

Riccardo Ginevra (University of Copenhagen)

Abstract Handout

16:50–17:25

κάλλος and καλός

Andrew Merritt (Cornell University)

Abstract Handout

17:25–17:40 Tea Break

17:40–18:25

Panel Discussion:

The Caland System

Abstract

18:25–18:30 Closing Remarks