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Language Contact in the Guaranitic Area - Honors Thesis Presentation

Date:
Location:
Niles Gallery - Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Speaker(s) / Presenter(s):
Benjamin Kinsella

 Wednesday December 5, 2012 at 4.30 at Niles Gallery Benjamin Kinsella, will present his undergraduate Honors Thesis and share the results of his research on the use of prepositions in Spanish with the movement verb ir. (see attached poster)

Based on the data of the ALGR (Guarani-Romance Linguistic Atlas) and under the supervision of Prof. Haralambos Symeonidis, Kinsella has identified evidence of the influence of Guarani on Spanish/Portuguese in the Guaranitic area in South America and for the first time presents his original research on linguistic maps.

The presentation will be in Spanish.