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Lecture | Leiden Dialectology Workshop series

What is a ‘dialect’? What is ‘dialectology’?

Date
Wednesday 28 September 2022
Time
Series
Leiden Dialectology Workshop Series 2022
Location
P.J. Veth
Nonnensteeg 1-3
2311 VJ Leiden
Room
116 (ACPA meeting room)

The first workshop will start with a discussion on what ‘dialect’ and ‘dialectology’ are. Linguists have been arguing what a ‘dialect’ is for a long time and it seems like even until now, no one has an answer. How do dialectologists get over this problem? ‘Dialectology’ is also not really taught at universities, what has happened to the discipline? Has it ‘transformed’ into something else? What counts as dialectology nowadays? After the discussion, we will look at the development of dialectology from its early days up to the present day.

If you are interested in joining the workshop, please sign up using the form below.

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