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International Symposium: Diachronic Perspectives on Language Description and Typology in Bantu

Date
2026/03/24(Tue) 14:00-18:00
2026/03/25(Wed) 13:00-17:45
2026/03/26(Thu) 13:00-18:00
Venue
Online/304 : Multimedia Conference Room, ILCAA
On-site/Online
Hybrid
Language
English

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Programs

2026/03/24
 14:00 - 14:15IntroductionMakoto Furumoto(ILCAA)
 14:15 - 15:00The history of the auxiliary verb -wahi in SwahiliRasmus Bernander(University of Gothenburg)
 15:15 - 16:00Notes on inter-parametric covariation based on Bantu morphosyntax variation databaseDaisuke Shinagawa(ILCAA)
 16:15 - 17:00Ideophones in Bende: how similar or different are their ideophones among Bantu languages?Yuko Abe(ILCAA)
2026/03/25
 13:00 - 13:45“To sell” or “to buy”? Semantic consideration about trade in East AfricaShigeki Kaji(ILCAA)
 14:00 - 14:45Nominal tones in Southern Bantu languages: a diachronic perspectiveSeunghun Lee(ICU)
 15:00 - 15:45Sound change versus lexical change for subgrouping: Word-final lenition of Proto-Bantu *ŋg in West-Coastal BantuSara Pacchiarotti*(Ghent University)
 16:00 - 16:45Origins and outcomes of vowel length and vowel sequences in Teke Tyee (Bantu B73d, Republic of Congo)Chrisnah R. Mfouhou(Ghent University); Sara Pacchiarotti(Ghent University)
 17:00 - 17:45How rare sounds come into existence: the case of whistled fricatives in Shona languagesNina van der Vlugt(Ghent University)
2026/03/26
 13:00 - 13:45Pseudo-coordination in Swahili and the expression of epistemic possibility with some insights from the HSC 2.0Maud Devos**(Royal Museum for Central Africa)
 14:00 - 14:45Lexicalized reflexive and reciprocal markers in Swahili: A Diachronic perspectiveLengson Ngwasi(University of Dar es Salaam)
 15:00 - 15:45Epistemic adverbs, complementizers and verbs of 'not knowing': - Diachronic Pathways in South-Eastern BantuAron Zahran(CNRS-LLACAN)
 16:00 - 16:45The perfective in Ruvu languages and Coastal Swahili dialects: A diachronic perspectiveMalin Petzell(University of Gothernburg); Makoto Furumoto(ILCAA)
 17:00 - 18:00Disucussion & Wrap-up (All participants)

Contact

  • ds[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp

Notes

*in collaboration with Guy Kouarata and Koen Bostoen
**in collaboration with Gilles-Maurice de Schryver and Koen Bostoen