Linguistic Contact(s) in Medieval Iberia II

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies (HSMS)

Organizer Name

Pablo Pastrana-Pérez

Organizer Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Presider Name

Vicente Lledó-Guillem

Presider Affiliation

Hofstra Univ.

Paper Title 1

The Impact on Latin of Bilingualism (and Diglossia?) in Cantabria from Late Antiquity through the Early Middle Ages

Presenter 1 Name

Gregory B. Kaplan

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville

Paper Title 2

The Road to Compostela: A Footprint Left in the Writing of the Monastery of Sahagún

Presenter 2 Name

Jesse Lee

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of California-Davis

Paper Title 3

The Archpriest of Hita's "Dueñas Chicas" and the Mulierculas of Latin Preachers

Presenter 3 Name

Ryan Giles

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Start Date

9-5-2013 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 204

Description

As a crossroads of cultures, the Iberian Peninsula provides a fertile field for the study of contact and interaction among peoples, their cultures and languages. This session seeks to examine linguistic contacts in any region of Iberia during the Middle Ages. It includes contact between Romance languages (e.g. Castilian, Aragonese, Mozarabic) as well as contacts among any other languages of Iberia (e.g. Arabic, Hebrew, Germanic). Both synchronic and diachronic approaches to language contact are welcome. Emphasis may be on the written word and its literary manifestations, as well as on specific linguistic features (i.e. sound system, morphology, syntax, and lexicon). Any projection of the medieval languages of the Iberian Peninsula onto the overseas colonies during the sixteenth century is also welcome. Equally acceptable is the reception or reinterpretation of medieval Iberian languages (e.g. Astur-Leonese, Navarro-Aragonese, Judeo-Spanish) in the modern era.

Pablo M. Pastrana-Pérez