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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) 10:15-16:15
2026/03/26(Thu) 10:15-16:30
Venue
Online/304 : Multimedia Conference Room, ILCAA
On-site/Online
Hybrid
Language
English

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 - 18:00Notes 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)
 17:15 - 18:00Is Chikunda an example of a "mixed language"? On how to disentangle language contact in Lower Zambezi Bantu languagesRozenn Guérois(CNRS-LLACAN)
2026/03/25
 10:15 - 11:00“To sell” or “to buy”? Semantic consideration about trade in East AfricaShigeki Kaji(ILCAA)
 11:15 - 12:00Nominal tones in Southern Bantu languages: a diachronic perspectiveSeunghun Lee(ICU)
 13:30 - 14:15A preliminary classification of the Sakata language cluster (C34) based on diachronic phonological changesSara Pacchiarotti(Ghent University)
 14:30 - 15:15The diachrony of vowel length, vowel sequences and phonemic labialized stops in Teke Tyee (B73c)Chrisnah Renaudot Mfouhou(Ghent University)
 15:30 - 16:15How rare sounds come into existence: the case of whistled fricatives in Shona languagesNina van der Vlugt(Ghent University)
2026/03/26
 10:15 - 11:00Bantu negation off the beaten grammaticalization pathMaud Devos(Royal Museum for Central Africa)
 11:15 - 12:00Lexicalized reflexive and reciprocal markers in Swahili: A Diachronic perspectiveLengson Ngwasi(University of Dar es Salaam)
 13:30 - 14:15Morphosyntacic innovations in the Nyanjic language cluster (N20-40)Aron Zahran(CNRS-LLACAN)
 14:30 - 15:15The perfective in Ruvu languages and Coastal Swahili dialects: A diachronic perspectiveMalin Petzell(University of Gothernburg); Makoto Furumoto(ILCAA)
 15:30 - 16:30Disucussion & Wrap-up (All participants)