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12.7. Colloquium on African linguistics: Africans in Europe - diaspora linguistics and socio-cultural development (Bodomo)
“Africans in Europe: diaspora linguistics and socio-cultural development in the context of 21st Century Africa–Europe relations” - Talk by Adams Bodomo (Universität Wien) given within the colloquium of African linguistics and languages
05.07. Colloquium on African linguistics:*ki, *ka, und *ku im Proto-Tula-Waja (Elstermann)
„*ki, *ka, und *ku im Proto-Tula-Waja” - Talk by Julius Elstermann (HU Berlin) given within the colloquium of African linguistics and languages
28.06. Colloquium on African linguistics: The verb k'ab- in Oromo (Wakweya Olani)
“The verb k’ab- in Oromo” - Talk by Wakweya Olani Gobena (University of Potsdam, Ph.D. project) given within the colloquium of African linguistics and languages
21.06. Colloquium on African linguistics: Adverbs in Limassa (Winkhart)
“Adverbs in Limassa - an overview” - Talk by Benedikt Winkhart (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the colloquium of African linguistics and languages
CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Women's Advancement Allowances 2022 (IAAW), application deadline 30.06.2022
07.06. Colloquium on African linguistics: Fossilized class affixes in the Mel languages (Schulze)
“Fossilized class affixes in the Mel languages” - Talk by Michael Schulze (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
31.05. Colloquium on African linguistics: Grammatical relations in Khoekhoegowab (Job)
“Aspects of Grammatical relations in Khoekhoegowab: From Argument-marking to Word Order” - Talk by Sylvanus Job (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
24.05. Colloquium on African linguistics: Attributive temporal clauses (Olguín Martínez)
“‘At the time....’: Attributive temporal clauses in African languages and beyond” - Talk by Jesús Olguín Martínez (University of California, Santa Barbara) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
Africa Colloquium in the summer term 2022
17.05. Colloquium on African linguistics: Shona surnames (Mamvura)
“The semantic and morpho-syntactic aspects of Shona surnames” - Talk by Zvinashe Mamvura (HU Berlin & University of Zimbabwe, Harare) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
18.05. AFRICA COLLOQUIUM: Discussion on our visit to the Humboldt Forum
Exchange and discussion between staff and students on our visit to the Humboldt Forum on 04 May
10.05. Colloquium on African linguistics: The Replacement pattern in tripartite number systems (Junglas)
“The R(eplacement) pattern within Northeastern Africa's tripartite number systems” - Talk by Jan Junglas (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
03.05. Colloquium on African linguistics: Erratic velars in West-Coastal Bantu: Explaining irregular sound change (Bostoen)
“Erratic velars in West-Coastal Bantu: Explaining irregular sound change in Central Africa” - Talk by Koen Bostoen (Univerity of Ghent) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
04.05. AFRICA COLLOQUIUM: Visit to the Humboldt Forum
Joint visit of the departments relevant for us in the Humboldt Forum
26.04. Colloquium on African linguistics: Katlaic number marking systems (Nüsslein)
“Emergence or loss in Katlaic number marking systems?” - Talk by Ulrike Nüsslein (HU Berlin) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
15.02. Colloquium on African linguistics: Number systems in Katlaic (Nüsslein)
“A comparison of number systems in the Katlaic family” - Talk by Ulrike Nüsslein (HU Berlin) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
18.02.: 35th HIP Workshop
08.02. Colloquium on African linguistics: Phonotactics and word formation in Limassa (Winkhart)
“Phonotactics and word formation in Limassa (Ubangi, Niger-Congo)” - Talk by Benedikt Winkhart (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
01.02. Colloquium on African linguistics: Khoekhoe dependent clauses (Job)
“The structure of Khoekhoe (Khoe-Kwadi) dependent clauses” - Talk by Sylvanus Job (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
25.01. Colloquium on African linguistics: Tripartite number marking in NE Africa (Junglas)
“Diachronic considerations on tripartite number marking in Northeastern Africa” - Talk by Jan Junglas (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
Student contribution: "The Zine of Global Knowledges"
18.01. Colloquium on African linguistics: Agreement class assignment in Mel, Limba and Gola (Schulze)
“Agreement class assignment in Mel, Limba and Gola” - Talk by Michael Schulze (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
11.01. Colloquium on African linguistics: The prefix system of Tula (Adamawa, NC) (Elstermann)
“The prefix system of Tula (Adamawa, Niger-Congo)” - Talk by Julius Elstermann (HU Berlin, Master project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
04.01. Colloquium on African linguistics: Santandrea's Aja corpus (Schünke, MA defense)
“Santandreaʼs Aja corpus and a description of the nominal morphosyntax” - Talk by Anja Schünke (HU Berlin, Master's thesis defense) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
14.12. Colloquium on African linguistics: Rethinking dependency reversal (Rong Chen)
“Rethinking dependency reversal in noun-attributive constructions” - Talk by Rong Chen (HU Berlin) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
07.12. Colloquium on African linguistics: A grammatical sketch of ǂHuan (Taa, Tuu) (Auer)
“A grammatical sketch of ǂHuan (Taa, Tuu)” - Talk by Daniel Auer (HU Berlin, Master's thesis defense) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
23.11. Colloquium on African linguistics: Multi-verb constructions in Kam (Lesage)
“Multi-verb constructions in Kam (Niger-Congo, Nigeria)” - Talk by Jakob Lesage (HU Berlin, ELDP) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
26.11.2021: 34th HIP-Workshop
16.11. Colloquium on African linguistics: Verb serialisation in Juǀ'hoan and ǃXun (Kx'a) (Pratchett)
“When verbs come (and) clash together: some origins of verb serialisation in Juǀ’hoan and ǃXun (Kx’a)” - Talk by Lee Pratchett (CIBIO Porto) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
09.11. Colloquium on African linguistics: Traces des morphèmes d’extensions verbales en ngbaka-mīnāgendē, une langue ubangienne de la RD Congo (Jean-Pierre Donzo)
“Traces des morphèmes d’extensions verbales en ngbaka-mīnāgendē, une langue ubangienne de la RD Congo” - Talk by Jean-Pierre Donzo (Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de la Gombe/ Kinshasa) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages