[INDOLOGY] Exploring New Ways in Tamil Lexicography (Hamburg, 7–9 August 2023)

[Charles Li]

Dear everyone,

The Tamilex project is pleased to announce its inaugural conference, 
"Exploring New Ways in Tamil Lexicography," to take place from 7–9 
August 2023, in Hamburg and online. For the full program and to register 
for online attendance, go to 
https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/ends/events.html

An abbreviated conference program follows:

    7th August 2023

    Suganya Anandakichenin, Neela Bhaskar, & Eva Wilden: *Welcome*
    Eva Wilden & Charles Li: *Tamilex, the Project*

    *History of Lexicography*
    E. Annamalai:*Change of Meaning as History*
    Nachimuthu: *The Old Tamil Commentaries in the Making of Tamil
    Dictionaries for Classical Tamil*
    Suganya Anandakichenin: *The Madras Tamil Lexicon and the
    Śrīvaiṣṇava Corpus: A Love Story of Sorts*

    *The Influence of Sanskrit*
    Neela Bhaskar & Giovanni Ciotti: *Towards the Process of
    Standardisation – Tamil in the 19^th Century*
    Charles Li: *Linking the two T's: Tamil, Tibetan, & Other
    Commentaries on the /Amarakoṣa/*
    Victor d’Avella: *Examining Tamil Nikaṇṭus Alongside Their Sanskrit
    Counterparts*

    *keynote lecture*
    Jean-Luc Chevillard: *Taming Randomness and Exploring
    Open-endedness: Ancient Tamil Lexicographers at Work**
    *

    8th August 2023

    *Text Semantics 1*
    T. Rajeshwari: *Rare Words in /Patiṟṟuppattu/*
    Indra Manuel: *Language of /Paripāṭal/ – Special Lexis*
    G. Vijayavenugopal: *On understanding the Grammar, Language and
    Meaning of /Puṟanāṉūṟu/*

    *Nikaṇṭus*
    Jean-Luc Chevillard & Margherita Trento: *Beschi’s /Caturakarāti/ as
    a Bridge Between Traditional Nikaṇṭus and Modern Lexicographers of
    Tamil *
    Srilata Raman: *Shifting Worlds: The Nikaṇṭu, Literature, and
    Lexicography in 19^th –20^th century Tamil India**
    *
    *Corpus Semantics*
    Maanasa Visweswaran: *Semantics in the /Pattuppāṭṭu/: Indo-Aryan
    Loan Words, Isolated Occurrences *
    Erin McCann:*Indexing the NATP: Observations and Challenges**
    *

    9th August 2023

    *Text Semantics 2*
    Leo Rishi Nelson Jones:*Some Interesting Lexicographical Questions
    from the/Tamiḻneṟi Viḷakkam /*/
    //S. /Saravanan: *Some New Words and Their Meanings in*/*Nālaṭiyār*/*
    *
    *Object Semantics*
    Nikolay Gordichuk: *Words for ‘Enemy’ in the Old Tamil of the First
    Millennium *
    Roland Ferenczi: *On Ancient Tamil Waters: Shipping-Related Terms in
    Early Old Tamil Literature*

    *Lexicographical Shifts*
    Eva Wilden: *Tamilex: Why a New Tamil Dictionary and What Could It
    Look Like?*
    Anna Smirnitskaya: *Tamil Lexicon and the Database of Semantic
    Shifts. Can the Model of Semantic Shifts Help to Understand the
    Structure of Meanings of Polysemous Tamil Words?**
    *
    *final discussion*


Best,

Charles
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