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Nous accueillerons lors de ce petit déjeuner Marie-Jeanne Kassi, gestionnaire contractuelle, Gauthier Dubois, doctorant, et Patience (dite Pattie) Epps, fellow du Collegium de Lyon.

Classifiers are a characteristic feature of many Arawakan languages. These morphemes categorize referents based primarily on their physical properties such as shape or consistency. Numerous Arawakan languages exhibit a complex system of multi-loci and multifunctional classifiers. The talks during the workshop will explore these classifier systems from various perspectives, covering both the language family as a whole and specific Arawakan languages. The one-day workshop is designed to bring together researchers who are presently working on classifier systems in the Arawakan language family and to encourage open discussions about the topic. The full program is to be found here. Interested people outside of Lyon are welcome to listen to the talks and join the discussions online. Registration is free, but compulsory to receive the videoconference links. Register here

• Saskia Dunn Leiden University “Defining the Arawak classifier system: a closer look at multi-loci systems in Arawak”
• Françoise Rose CNRS DDL “Thoughts on the development of multi-loci classifier systems”
• Anita Obenaus Goethe University Frankfurt “Exploring the variability of classifier assignment among Bolivia-Paraná Arawakan languages”
• Zachary O’Hagan University of California, Berkeley “Distinguishing Classifiers from Inalienable Nouns in Caquinte”
• Sandra Cronhamn Lund University “The versatility of classifiers in Baniwa”

Pour ce 1er atelier de la rentrée, Laurène nous présentera la langue japonaise et nous proposera, en fin d'atelier, un moment autour de la culture japonaise.

Sont concernés: -les IT titulaires -les enseignants-chercheurs (hors émérites et associés) -les chercheurs (hors associés) Les personnes concernées ont été informées par mail.

• Gerhard Jäger (University of Tübingen, Germany)

dans le cadre DILIS

https://cnrs.zoom.us/j/92246174633?pwd=oG3QCL7wDxMYqanSANOL7ibtUFeDBb.1
Abstract:
It is known at least since Greenberg's seminal work in the 1960s that typological characteristics are not randomly distributed across the languages of the world but follow universal tendencies and sometimes even strict laws. Time and again it has been pointed out that such universals must be the result of equally universal tendencies in diachronic change.
The insight that synchronic variation results, and can be explained by, diachronic change, has independently been arrived at in evolutionary biology. It led to the statistical framework of the phylogenetic comparative methods, which hold great potential for cross-linguistic research. The increased availability of typological online databases, such as WALS, AUTOTYP and Grambank, make this approach more and more feasible.
In the talk I will present an overview of these methods and some pertinent applications in typology.

• A la suite du séminaire

dans le cadre DILIS

A l'occasion du premier séminaire de cette nouvelle année 2024-2025, nous vous proposons de nous retrouver pour un gouter convivial après la présentation.