November 5th-6th, 2015
Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, A.U.Th., Thessaloniki
The Institute of Modern Greek Studies (M. Triandaphyllidis Foundation), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, organized the “1st International Conference on Greek Etymology (Ancient, Medieval and Modern)”, on 5-6 November 2015.
The conference examined theoretical and practical aspects of etymological issues related to the Greek language, covering all its historical periods and varieties (both dialectal and standard). Similar issues regarding the Balkan area more broadly were also addressed, with a special focus on the etymological investigation of elements of the Greek language in other languages of the Balkans.
Thematic areas, among others: (a) theoretical aspects of Greek etymology, (b) etymological suggestions regarding Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek words, (c) etymology and dialectology, (d) etymology and language contact, (e) etymology and philology (text reconstruction, pre-scientific etymology), and (f) etymology and education.
The following distinguished guests participated in the conference:
Academician Ch. de Lamberterie (Université Sorbonne IV, Paris),
Academician M. Sala (Romanian Academy, Bucarest),
Academician A. Loma (Serbian Academy, Belgrade),
Professor M. Meier-Brügger (Freie Universität, Berlin), etc.