As part of the DFG-funded research project ”Judeo-Spanish in Bulgaria: a contact language between archaism and innovation” (see https://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~andreeva/PROJEKT_HOMEPAGE/ladino.html), an international workshop on Judeo-Spanish linguistics will take place on 12 and 13 July 2024 at Mainz University. Anyone interested is cordially invited to attend the workshop on site or online (please register by sending an e-mail to jgruenke@uni-mainz.de).

Programme
Venue: Fakultätssaal, building: Philosophicum (address: Jakob-Welder-Weg 18, 55128 Mainz)

Friday, 12 July
10.15–10.45
Welcome and presentation of the project “Judeo-Spanish in Bulgaria: a contact language between archaism and innovation”

10.45–11.30
1. Aldina Quintana (Jerusalem): Description of Samokov’s Judeo-Spanish vowels, according to Ms. Biografia Arie (1900–1914) by Moise Abraam Arié

11.30–12.00 Coffee break

12.00–13.30
2. Jonas Grünke, Christoph Gabriel, Bistra Andreeva, Mitko Sabev (Mainz and Saarbrücken): The impact of language contact: stress placement in Bulgarian Judeo-Spanish
3. Travis Bradley (Davis): Dissimilation in diminutive Suffixation: Comparing Judeo-Spanish and Colombian Spanish

15.00–16.30
4. David Bunis (Jerusalem): Brief historical notes on the use of Judezmo in Bulgaria, 16th–20th centuries
5. Frank Savelsberg, Aldina Quintana (Göttingen and Jerusalem): The Ibero-Romance component in Ḥayyim Vital (1543–1620) and his Sefer ha-Refuʾot

Saturday, 13 July
10.00–11.30
6. Marco García García, Javier Caro Reina (Cologne): Differential object marking in Istanbul Judeo-Spanish
7. Susann Fischer, Jorge Vega Vilanova, Tania Avgustinova, Diana Klüh (Hamburg and Saarbrücken): Language contact effects on the word order of Bulgarian Judeo-Spanish speakers

11.30–12.00 Coffee break

12.00–13.30
8. Brechtje Post, Laura Wright, Ioanna Sitaridou, and Linda Fisher (Cambridge): Language loss: Llanito
9. Christian Liebl (Wien): Judeo-Spanish and the Phonograph