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φ-feature Hierarchy and Old Irish Object Pronoun Distribution
Published in Proceedings of the 32nd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, 2023
This paper explains the distribution of the “infixed” and suffixed object pronouns in Old Irish in terms of agreement and hierarchy among φ-features.
Recommended citation: Lunardi, Valentina. 2023. "φ-feature Hierarchy and Old Irish Object Pronoun Distribution." Proceedings of the 32nd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag.
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Was St Patrick a non-native speaker of Latin?
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In this poster, some aspects of the language of St Patrick are scrutinized for signs of bilingualism.
Person hierarchy effects and Old Irish infix and suffix pronoun distribution
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This paper explains the distribution of the “infixed” and suffixed object pronouns in Old Irish in terms of agreement and hierarchy among φ-features.
The role of Christian Latin in the development of Romance vocabulary: a lexical study of the Peregrinatio Egeriae
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Certain lexical items of a famous Latin text are brought forward for further study and proof of the lasting impact of Christianity on the Language.
New Perspectives on Messapic Language and Culture
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A new collaborative project on the highly fragmentary Messapic language is presented, with a focus on methodological groundwork for further research.
A computational approach to the study of semantic change in Latin: the case of Christian Latin vocabulary
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Sample results are presented from a static embeddings analysis for the detection of semantic change in Latin, limited to changes triggered by Christianity.
‘Semantic extension’ and semantic change: were translators of the Old Latin Bible L1 speakers of Greek?
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Examples of semantic extension from the Vetus Latina are discussed in the context of the debate about the native language of its translators.
The impact of Christianity on the Latin lexicon: computational approaches to semantic change
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Contextualization of status of semantic change theory, presentation of sample results from static embeddings to trace semantic change caused by the spread of Christianity in Latin.
Softened death: the language of fainting in the Iliad
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This brief talk looked at formulae used to describe fainting spells in the Iliad.
teaching
Instructor for the Department of Classics
Undergraduate courses, University of California, Los Angeles, 2021
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Undergraduate courses, University of California, Los Angeles, 2022
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Instructor for the Department of Linguistics
Undergraduate courses, University of California, Los Angeles, 2024
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Undergraduate courses, University of California, Los Angeles, 2024
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