@adyates

i like languages — old/dead or otherwise — and i write about them (https://xitter.cf/t.co/4YOZYX7MqZ); asst prof @UCLA, PIES (https://xitter.cf/t.co/RDjsadkJ6m)/NELC (https://xitter.cf/t.co/j5seI7foMh)

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'Cross-linguistic' and 'typological' have often been used interchangeably in papers. (1) Are these synonymous? (2) Does your work often involve a sample of languages? Feel free to explain the difference in comments.
16%Synonymous: It does
8%Synonymous: Doesn't
44%Not synonymous: It does
32%Not synonymous: Doesn't
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Christmas came early this year.
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The difference in the cover is subtle, but the difference in heft is not.
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Y’all should promptly go forth and order your own copies here: eisenbrauns.org/books/titles…

A Grammar of the Hittite Language: Part 1: Reference Grammar By Harry A. Hoffner Jr. and H. Craig...

Since its publication in 2008, A Grammar of the Hittite Language has been the definitive Hittite reference and teaching tool. This new edition brings Hoffner and Melchert’s essential work up to date,...

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Tomorrow (25.10) is the first day of the 35th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference! We start at 9:30 PDT. The conference is free and open to the public (in Royce 314). It will also be streamed on Zoom; you can register to receive the link here: pies.ucla.edu/conference/wec…
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The last talk of the conference is by myself and collaborators. More details on that shortly.
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My collaborators and I will present shortly about the Proto-Indo-European nasal infix *–ne–. It's the only infix — what's up with that? You can find our answer here: adyates.com/uploads/1/1/2/0/…
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I was reminded yesterday of a fantastic upcoming opportunity for aspiring Anatolianists/IEists: Oxford’s Anatolian Languages and Linguistics Summer School! A neat chance to learn from some of the best — and registration is now open!
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Join us for the @univienna Summer School to learn Bactrian, Gandhari, Tangut and Tocharian: viennaborderlandsconference.…
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Our latest conference proceedings — Proceedings of the 33rd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference — is now available for order: buske.de/monographien-und-re…
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With an (exciting?) new editorial change — I don't expect it improved the quality of the volume, but it did finally restore name symmetry!
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Also, my personal contribution on the prosody of the endingless locative is available for download here: adyates.com/uploads/1/1/2/0/…
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The always excellent Edinburgh Symposium on Historical Phonology wrapped up yesterday. I talked about vowel deletion in the ancient Indo-European languages, how it has been analyzed in the proto-language in the past, and how we can make progress going forward. – at Scotland, United Kingdom
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My slides are here: adyates.com/uploads/1/1/2/0/… – at Scotland, United Kingdom
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Edinburgh is a special place — looking forward to coming back in 2025! – at Scotland, United Kingdom
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It's now day two and plenty more of interest to come! Tune in early (9:15 PDT / 18:15 CEST) for Tocharica.
Anthony Yates@adyates27 Oct 2023
Today is the first day of the annual UCLA Indo-European Conference! We'll have a host of interesting papers — check out the full program here: pies.ucla.edu/conference/wec…
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Today is the first day of the annual UCLA Indo-European Conference! We'll have a host of interesting papers — check out the full program here: pies.ucla.edu/conference/wec…
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It's not too late to register and watch the talks via Zoom! Use the link here: pies.ucla.edu/conference/wec…
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