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

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Adam Oberlin

Organizer Affiliation

Princeton Univ.

Presider Name

Scott Pincikowski

Presider Affiliation

Hood College

Paper Title 1

Why Old Saxon?

Presenter 1 Name

Collin Brown; Marc Pierce

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Pacific Lutheran Univ.; Univ. of Texas-Austin

Paper Title 2

Language Matters: Deconstructing Linguistic Borders with King Arthur in a Yiddish Textbook

Presenter 2 Name

Annegret Oehme

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Washington-Seattle

Paper Title 3

Karl von Richthofen’s Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (1840): A Milestone in Germanic Lexicography

Presenter 3 Name

Rolf Bremmer

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. Leiden

Start Date

11-5-2019 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1350

Description

In a Word, Philology: Etymology, Lexicography, Semantics, and More in Germanic returns for the tenth year, bringing together a wide variety of papers on Germanic languages, linguistics, and literature with a concentration of less-commonly discussed languages and topics. Adam Oberlin