Softened death: the language of fainting in the Iliad
Talk, 4th Homeric Symposium, Durham University
This brief talk looked at formulae used to describe fainting spells in the Iliad.
Conference presentations and posters
The impact of Christianity on the Latin lexicon: computational approaches to semantic change
Talk, Classics Department Research Seminar, King's College London
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.
‘Semantic extension’ and semantic change: were translators of the Old Latin Bible L1 speakers of Greek?
Poster, Fourth AMC Symposium: contact and laguage change, University of Edinburgh
Examples of semantic extension from the Vetus Latina are discussed in the context of the debate about the native language of its translators.
A computational approach to the study of semantic change in Latin: the case of Christian Latin vocabulary
Talk, Latin vulgaire – latin tardif XV, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Sample results are presented from a static embeddings analysis for the detection of semantic change in Latin, limited to changes triggered by Christianity.
New Perspectives on Messapic Language and Culture
Talk, AIA / SCS 155th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
A new collaborative project on the highly fragmentary Messapic language is presented, with a focus on methodological groundwork for further research.
The role of Christian Latin in the development of Romance vocabulary: a lexical study of the Peregrinatio Egeriae
Talk, Latin vulgaire – latin tardif XIV, Universiteit Gent
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.
Person hierarchy effects and Old Irish infix and suffix pronoun distribution
Talk, 32nd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, University of California, Los Angeles
This paper explains the distribution of the “infixed” and suffixed object pronouns in Old Irish in terms of agreement and hierarchy among φ-features.
Was St Patrick a non-native speaker of Latin?
Poster, Variation and contact in the Ancient Indo-European languages, Università di Pisa
In this poster, some aspects of the language of St Patrick are scrutinized for signs of bilingualism.