Ancient Egyptian-Coptic in Typological Perspective

האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים מתכבדת להזמינכם לכינוס לציון 25 שנה למותו של פרופ' יעקב פולוצקי יום רביעי, א׳ באדר תשע"ו, 10 בפברואר 2016 בבית האקדמיה, כיכר אלברט איינשטיין רחוב ז'בוטינסקי 43, ירושלים

The Academy of Sciences and Humanities cordially invites you to attend A symposium commemorating Hans Jakob Polotsky on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death

Monday, February 10, 2016 at 9:00 am at the Academy, Square, 43 Jabotinsky Street,

09:00 a.m. Gathering

GREETINGS THIRD SESSION

09:30-09:40 Nili Cohen, President Chair: Ruth Berman, Member The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

FIRST SESSION 14:00-14:45 Stéphane Polis FNRS/University of Liège Chair: Benjamin Z. Kedar, Member The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Historical Linguistics between

09:40-10:00 Benjamin Z. Kedar Linguistics and Philology HJP: Some Personal Remarks 14:45-15:30 Colette Grinevald University of Lyon 10:00-10:15 Orly Goldwasser The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Approaching Ancient Egyptian The Significance of Typologists' from a Modern Linguistic Fieldwork Bird's-Eye View of Egyptian-Coptic Approach

10:15-11:00 Martin Haspelmath 15:30-16:15 Round Table Discussion Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human Eitan Grossman History; Leipzig University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Coptic: A Language and Participants without Words Quo Vadis? Egyptian Linguistics in the 21st Century 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

SECOND SESSION 16:15-17:00 Coffee Break Chair: Moshe Bar-Asher, President The Academy of the Hebrew Language; Member, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities H. J. Polotsky Annual Distinguished Lecture 11:30-12:15 Walter Bisang Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz Clause Combining: Between 17:00-18:00 Tonio Sebastian Richter Nominalization, Finiteness and Berlin Free University Information Structure Whatever in the Coptic Language

12:15-13:00 Eran Cohen is not Greek might be Considered The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ancient Egyptian

Aspects of the Typology of the Semitic Languages 18:00 Reception 13:00-14:00 Lunch

RSVP: Ms. Cochi Maimaran Tel.: 02-5676240 e-mail:[email protected] On-street parking is available near the Academy. All lectures will be delivered in English.