Other Seminars
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How to Self-Study Ancient Languages
Gabriel Jower
It's not always possible to study ancient languages formally at school or university! In this video, PALAIA executive and Greek / Hittite tutor Gabriel Jower gives his advice on how to self-study ancient languages. Some of the topics discussed involve the corpus size of ancient languages, as well as the orthography / phonology, vocabulary, syntax, and available tools for study.
Who Knows One: Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino
Levi Bak
In this video, PALAIA executive and tutor Levi Bak runs a workshop on the same song in three different languages: Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino! The handout may be accessed at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xTjCU0ZLSHx74fQZMfWB0qS2eAybaiov/view?usp=drive_link
Introduction to Ancient Moabite
Levi Bak
In this video, PALAIA executive and tutor Levi Bak gives a seminar talk on Ancient Moabite. Levi introduces the structure of the alphabet, phonology and morphology of the Moabite language. In the latter half of the video a prepared section of the Mesha Stele is read. The handout may be accessed at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12rQ9k9ZRN_4j2BTicIyJEwwdpSvTl5Dg?usp=sharing
Introduction to Classical Chinese
Ruth Shilabeer
This Introduction to Ancient Chinese with Ruth Shillabeer introduces the structure of the alphabet, phonology and morphology of the Classical Chinese language. In the latter half of the video a prepared section of Zhuang Zi's ‘Dragging its tail in the mud’.The handout may be accessed at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gjeKx6PrH6yw6EM_XTi7cgSVbNmPeV08?usp=sharing
Introduction to Sanskrit
Declan Zammit
This Introduction to Sanskrit with PALAIA Executive Declan Zammit introduces the structure of the alphabet, phonology and morphology of the Sanskrit language. The latter half of the video features a prepared section of "The Bhagavad Gita" with some group discussion.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/167osXWavUXNEPTWAiEdSfrJV_71o9XSt?usp=sharing