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PD Dr. Sergio Neri

Department of Ancient Civilizations
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Forschungsschwerpunkte

Ich beschäftige mich mit der Erforschung und der Lehre der historischen Grammatik (Phonologie, Flexionsmorphologie und Wortbildung) und der Etymologie alter indogermanischer Sprachen, speziell Germanisch, Altalbanisch, Altgriechisch und Italisch (Latein und Oskisch-Umbrisch); meine Forschungsinteressen umfassen außerdem die moderne Linguistik und die synchrone Grammatik des Deutschen. Ich habe mich u.a. auch mit Russisch, Niederländisch und Chinesisch befasst, sowie mit deutscher und englischer Literaturwissenschaft, deutscher Dialektologie, Ethnologie und Musikwissenschaft.

Selected Publications

Neri, Sergio. (2024). Zu alb. bathë ‚Ackerbohne‘ und gr. phakós ‚Linse‘: Substratwörter oder indogermanisches Erbe? In Bardhyl Demiraj (ed.), The Albanian Language Area and its Surroundings from Late Antiquity to the High Middle Ages. Proceedings of the 7th German-Albanian Cultural Studies Conference (21.-22.April 2023, Hubmersberg/Pommelsbrunn). (pp. 181–208). Harrassowitz Verlag.

Neri, Sergio. (2017). Wetter. Etymologie und Lautgesetz. In Culture, Territori, Linguaggi (2 ed.). Università degli Studi di Perugia. http://www.ctl.unipg.it/issues/CTL_14.pdf

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Neri, Sergio. (2017). Elementi di Morfologia Flessiva Nominale Indoeuropea. In Culture, Territori, Linguaggi. Università degli Studi di Perugia. http://www.ctl.unipg.it/issues/CTL_12.pdf

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Neri, Sergio, & Schuhmann, Roland. (2014). Studies on the Collective and Feminine in Indo-European from a Diachronic and Typological Perspective. In Brill’s Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics. Brill.

Neri, Sergio. (2013). Zum urindogermanischen Wort für “Hand”. In Cooper, Adam I.;Rau, Jeremy;Weiss, Michael (ed.), Multi Nominis Grammaticus. Studies in Classical and Indo-European Linguistics in honor of Alan J. Nussbaum on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday. (pp. 185–205). Beech Stave Press.

Neri, Sergio. (2007). Cadere e abbattere in indoeuropeo. Sull’etimologia di tedesco fallen, latino aboleo e greco ἀπόλλυμι. In , & Wolfgang Meid, Wolfgang (trans.), Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft. Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck.

Neri, Sergio. (2003). I Sostantivi in -u del Gotico. Morfologia e Preistoria. In Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft. Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck.

Selected Projects & Collaborations

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The Albanian Language in Antiquity

Research Project  | 4 Project Members

Within the Indo-European language family, to which most of the languages of Europe belong, Albanian forms a branch of its own. Along with Greek and the Romance languages, Albanian is the only direct descendant of those languages spoken in the Balkans in ancient times. Content and aim of the research project Albanian has only been known from written sources since the 16th century AD. Therefore, we do not know exactly what the language looked like in ancient times and in the early Middle Ages. It is also disputed in which region of the Balkans the precursor of Albanian, called Proto-Albanian, was spoken. Our project tries to find an answer to the questions of what the precursor of the Albanian language looked like between 1500 and 2000 years ago, and where this precursor was spoken. This can only be answered indirectly. The linguistic-historical comparison of words and the grammar of Albanian with other related languages allows certain conclusions about the earlier linguistic state of Albanian. In addition, the project is investigating the extensive ancient Greek and Latin vocabulary that Proto-Albanian borrowed, as well as the Proto-Albanian words that were incorporated into early Romanian. This will also allow us to determine the shape of Proto-Albanian more precisely. Scientific and social context The project aims first and foremost at the linguistic and cultural history of Albanian. The results will also be relevant for Greek, Latin, Romance and Indo-European linguistics. Furthermore, our results will contribute to a more balanced linguistic and cultural history of the Balkan Peninsula.