Schedule

This is the schedule for the Thirty-Fifth Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference which will be held in room 314 of Royce Hall (10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CA 90095) at the University of California, Los Angeles on Friday and Saturday, October 25-26, 2024.

Location

Day 1: Friday, October 25, 2024

9:30–9:45 AM

Opening remarks

Panel I, chaired by Joel Erickson (UCLA)

  • 9:45–10:15 AM

    Petra Goedegebuure

    University of Chicago

    Bad Hittite, Good Hattian. Linguistic interference in the Old Hittite Oracle KBo 18.151

    Abstract

    Handout

    Slides

  • 10:15–10:45 AM

    Sólveig Hilmarsdóttir

    Cambridge University

    No Country for Old -minō? On Competition between Latin ‘Future’/‘Displaced’
    Imperative Forms of Deponent/Passive Verbs

    Abstract

    Handout

10:45–11:00 AM

Break

Panel II, chaired by M. I. Rehan (UCLA)

  • 11:00–11:30 AM

    Anton Vinogradov, Gabriel Wallace, and Andrew Byrd

    University of Kentucky

    Representing Semantic Relationships in Ancient IE Languages: A Pilot Study

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 11:30–12:00 AM

    Tania Ahmad and Eystein Dahl

    Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

    The Role of Transitivity Prominence in Indo-European

    Abstract

    Handout

12:00–1:30 PM

Lunch

Featured Speaker, introduced by Stephanie Jamison (UCLA)

  • 1:30–2:30

    Mark Hale

    Concordia University

    Mind if I Join You? Some aspects of vowel-vowel sandhi in the Rigveda

    Handout

2:30–2:45 PM

Break

Panel III, chaired by Arjun Srirangarajan (UCLA)

  • 2:45–3:15 PM

    Angelo Mercado

    Grinnell College

    Structure, System, and Source of Vedic Eleven- and Twelve-Syllable Lines

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 3:15–3:45 PM

    Althea Sovani

    Oxford University

    Four Types, One Type: Non-subordinated Infinitives in Vedic

    Abstract

    Handout

3:45–4:00 PM

Break

Panel IV, chaired by Jieyu Zhang (UCLA)

  • 4:00–4:30 PM

    Elisa Migliaretti

    UCLA

    On the Analogical Development of πηγεσίμαλλος and Other First Compound Members in -εσι-

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 4:30–5:00 PM

    M. I. Rehan

    UCLA

    Re-mixing a Piss-poor Etymology: On Greek μοιχός ‘adulterer’ and OE. (ge)māh ‘shameless’

    Abstract

    Handout

Day 2: Saturday, October 26, 2024

Panel V, chaired by Chengzhi Zhang (UCLA)

  • 9:45–10:15 AM

    Claudiu Creanga, Cristina Guardiano, Giuseppe Longobardi, Andrea Sgarro, and Gaia Sorge

    Universitatea din București; Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia; University of York; Università di Trieste; Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia

    Indo-European and Its Closest Relatives: Are There Any?

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 10:15–10:45 AM

    Leonardo Montesi

    Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi

    Tie & (Make) Die: The Destiny of PIE *deh₁- in Vedic, Avestan, Ancient Greek, and Hittite

    Abstract

    Handout

10:45–11:00 AM

Break

Panel VI, chaired by Aidan Ackerman (UCLA)

  • 11:00–11:30 AM

    Paolo Sabattini

    UCLA

    The Phonology of Linking –ο-: *-went-stems between Mycenaean and Homeric Greek

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 11:30–12:00 PM

    Chris Golston, and Christian Paulsen

    Cal State Fresno; Fresno City College

    Ancient Greek Nominal Accentuation

    Abstract

    Handout

12:00–1:30 PM

Lunch

Featured Speaker, introduced by David Goldstein (UCLA)

  • 1:30–2:30 PM

    Gerd Carling

    Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main

    The Added Value of an Indo-European Phylogenetic Reconstruction – from Phonology to Lexicon and Grammar

    Abstract

    Handout

2:30–2:45 PM

Break

Panel VII, chaired by Aidan Holmgren (UCLA)

  • 2:45–3:15 PM

    Yao Zhang

    Cornell University

    Historical Phonology of Kalasha and Khowar

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 3:15–3:45 PM

    Sander van Hes

    Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

    Reconsidering the Evidence for Indo-European “-ē-Statives” in Balto-Slavic: The Type of Lithuanian teka, tekėti

    Abstract

    Handout

3:45–4:00 PM

Break

Panel VIII, chaired by Nick Guymon (UCLA)

  • 4:00–4:30 PM

    Paola Crisma

    Università di Trieste

    Syntactic History as History of Systems

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 4:30–5:00 PM

    Klaus Baki, Anthony D. Yates, and Sam Zukoff

    UCLA

    Indo-European Nasal Infixation and the Mirror Alignment Principle

    Abstract

    Handout

5:00–5:15 PM

Closing Remarks