Event:Code-switching in the medieval classroom

From A. G. van Hamel Foundation
    •  Fri 
    • 29
    • May
    • 2015
9:30–17:00
  • workshop

Code-switching in the medieval classroom

Utrecht, Nederland Belle van Zuylenzaal, Domplein 29

Workshop organised by the Medieval Irish Bilingualism Project. Speakers include Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Michael Clarke, Alan Fletcher, Tom de Schepper, Mícheál Ó Flaithearta, Nike Stam and Anthony Harvey.

Program

9.30-9.45 Aankomst
9.45-10.00 Welkomstwoord
10.00‐10.30 Dáibhí Ó Cróinín (NUIG): Code‐Switching in the Earliest Irish Computistical Manuscripts (7th c.)
10.30­‐11.00 Michael Clarke (NUIG): Language and Identity in Manuscript Colophons
11.00-­11.30 Thee/koffie
11.30-­12.00 Alan Fletcher (UCD): The Rationales of Medieval Code‐Switching: A Study of the Practice of the Early‐Fifteenth Century Preacher, Hugh Legat
12.00-­12.30 Tom de Schepper (UU): Homilies, Genre and Language Choice
12.30‐14.30 Lunch
14.30‐15.00 Mícheál Ó Flaithearta (UU): Bucking the Trend? Language Choice and Apgitir Chrábaid
15.00-­15.30 Nike Stam (UU): Accident or Strategy: Code-­switching in the Commentary on the Félire Óengusso
15.30­-16.00 Thee/koffie
16.00-­16.30 Anthony Harvey (RIA): Frankenstein in the Scriptorium? Bringing Latin to Life in Early Medieval Ireland
16.30-­17.00 Afsluiting