Roots of Europe – Language, Culture, and Migrations

Online and blended learning: a powerful tool for spreading knowledge of language history to the non-academic society

Posted on 08/04/2015 by Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen — No Comments ↓

In partial co-ordination with Indo-European Studies at the University of Copenhagen, the research centre Roots of Europe – Language, Culture and Migrations has, for quite some years now, applied modern technology to our teaching and dissemination activities: we have streamed Continue reading Online and blended learning: a powerful tool for spreading knowledge of language history to the non-academic society→

Da jætten Koljo rejste rundt i verden

Posted on 13/02/2015 by Adam Hyllested — 1 Comment ↓

Nedenstående artikel blev bragt 13. februar 2015 i Finlands – og Nordens – største avis, Helsingin Sanomat. Den er her oversat til dansk af artiklens forfatter, Lauri Dammert. Oversættelsen, der er let bearbejdet af Adam Hyllested, bringes med tilladelse fra avisen. Urfinsk lånte ord til germansk og keltisk De Continue reading Da jætten Koljo rejste rundt i verden→

Eksistens og sproghistorie

Posted on 25/11/2014 by BNW — No Comments ↓

Sproghistorien kan være fængslende når den åbner døre til tidligere tiders sprogbrug og tankegange. Som når filosoffen Ole Fogh Kirkeby i en samtale med DR P1’s Carsten Ortmann viser hvordan ord som frihed og frænde går tilbage til den samme Continue reading Eksistens og sproghistorie→

When morphological analysis produces knowledge on ancient societies

Posted on 23/04/2012 by Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen — No Comments ↓

At the research centre Roots of Europe – Language, Culture, and Migrations the majority of scholars dealing with the first of the three branches, language, is concerned mainly with morphology. Within this field of study, focus mainly lies with nominal Continue reading When morphological analysis produces knowledge on ancient societies→

Health and illness in Prehistoric Europe: Linguistic evidence of beliefs in preventive care, causes and treatments

Posted on 19/11/2011 by Adam Hyllested — No Comments ↓

To stay sound and healthy is obviously one of man’s timeless concerns. Most early societies seem to have believed that diseases could have both natural and supernatural causes. Blame was often heaped upon evil spirits that had entered into the Continue reading Health and illness in Prehistoric Europe: Linguistic evidence of beliefs in preventive care, causes and treatments→

Sø kom der ein hjasi høppande forbi…

Posted on 12/10/2011 by Guus Kroonen — 2 Comments ↓

In my dissertation ‘The Proto-Germanic n-stems’, I have presented evidence suggesting that a number of Germanic n-stems retained the root ablaut of the original PIE paradigm. In most cases, this paradigmatic alternation usually is not directly attested, but must nevertheless be reconstructed on Continue reading Sø kom der ein hjasi høppande forbi…→

Genskabelse af fortidens samfund – ved hjælp af sproget

Posted on 18/06/2011 by Adam Hyllested — No Comments ↓

Den slags sprogforskere, der er ansat på Roots of Europe, beskæftiger sig først og fremmest med rekonstruktion af forhistoriske sprog og sprogudviklinger. Det drejer sig om at genskabe tilstande – nemlig forskellige kronologiske stadier af ikke-overleverede sprog – såvel som begivenhedsforløb, Continue reading Genskabelse af fortidens samfund – ved hjælp af sproget→

Call for Papers: Etymology and the European Lexicon

Posted on 09/03/2011 by Adam Hyllested — No Comments ↓

Etymology and the European Lexicon 14th Congress of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft University of Copenhagen, 17-22 September 2012 Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the 14th Congress (Fachtagung) of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft / Society for Indo-European Studies Continue reading Call for Papers: Etymology and the European Lexicon→

Long-range shooting with recoil

Posted on 27/10/2010 by Adam Hyllested — 1 Comment ↓

S.A. Burlak, M.A. Zhivlov and I.B. Itkin have reviewed Jens Elmegård Rasmussen & Thomas Olander (eds.): Internal Reconstruction in Indo-European (2008) in the latest issue of Voprosy jazykoznanija (5, 2010:130-135). I find it positive that the reviewers take the time Continue reading Long-range shooting with recoil→

Historical linguistics in a broader context

Posted on 08/10/2010 by Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen — 1 Comment ↓

In recent years, a tendency has arisen for historical linguists, e.g. scholars specialised in Indo-European historical and comparative linguistics, to join forces with scholars from related fields of research, including general linguistics, archaeology, historical philology, religion, history and natural history Continue reading Historical linguistics in a broader context→