In a Word, Philology: Etymology, Lexicography, Semantics, and More in Germanic

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Adam Oberlin

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. Gent/Univ. i Bergen

Presider Name

Tina Boyer

Presider Affiliation

Wake Forest Univ.

Paper Title 1

Ghebruken in Its Pan-Germanic Context: A Word Study Involving Hadewijch and Contemporaneous Sources

Presenter 1 Name

Adrienne Merritt

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of California-Berkeley

Paper Title 2

The Runes of Exeter Book Riddle 19: Text and Transmission

Presenter 2 Name

Douglas Simms

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Southern Illinois Univ.-Edwardsville

Paper Title 3

Were Deliberate Lexical Blends (Portmanteau Words) Ever Formed in Old English?

Presenter 3 Name

Britt Mize

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Texas A&M Univ.

Paper Title 4

Old Norse Grammatica and Hermeneutic Systems

Presenter 4 Name

Ryder Patzuk-Russell

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Birmingham

Start Date

15-5-2015 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1330

Description

The session In a Word, Philology: Etymology, Lexicography, Semantics, and More in Germanic offers for the sixth year a wide variety of linguistic and philological approaches to medieval Germanic languages and texts, particularly among lesser represented languages and dialects at the ICMS.

- Adam Oberlin