Lecture

Patterns of semantic change and reconstruction

• Daniel Kölligan (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)

Date

Tuesday 24 March 2026

Time

10:00 - 11:30 hour

Address

Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden

Room

1.47

This talk will discuss a few instances of recurrent shifts of meaning in historical language data arguing that their study may be useful for reconstructing similar developments in unattested language stages.

• historical and comparative linguistics
• languages, cultures and worldviews