As part of the teaching focus "Romania on the move - mobility and migration in Romance-speaking cultures", Prof. Dr Hans-Jörg Döhla (University of Tübingen) will give two guest lectures on Spanish in America and Asia, to which all interested parties are cordially invited:
(1) Spanish-Guaraní language contact in Paraguay
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 13:30 - 15:00 in SR 33.4.032 (Department of Romance Studies)
Hans-Jörg Döhla will speak in the course "PS Aspectos lingüísticos: Mehrsprachigkeit und Sprachkontakt in Iberoamerika" (with Katharina Gerhalter) about language contact phenomena and bilingualism in today's Paraguay (Spanish - Guaraní). The course unit is open to all interested students. Language: Spanish/German.
(2) Early Manila Hokkien-Spanish "Bocabulario de la lengua sangleya por las letras del A.B.C." (ca. 1617)
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 17:00 - 18:30 in SR 33.3.211 (Department of Linguistics)
As part of the linguistic colloquium, Hans-Jörg Döhla will present linguistic aspects from the project"Early Manila Hokkien (EMHo): language, missionary linguistics and migration as reflected in the Bocabulario de lengua sangleya por las letraz de el A.B.C.". The aim of this project is to digitise, edit and analyse a Spanish-Chinese dictionary that was compiled in Manila in the early 17th century. The cooperation project between the Universities of Tübingen, Berlin and Graz (Centre for Digital Humanities / ZIM) is funded by the DFG and the FWF. Lecture language: English.
More information about the lecture: https://sprachwissenschaft.uni-graz.at/de/ueber-das-institut/linguistisches-kolloquium/
Further information on the project: https: //gams.uni-graz.at/context:emho