[MGSA-L] Upcoming talk: Whistled languages in Greece, Maria Kouneli

Syrimis, George george.syrimis at yale.edu
Tue Jan 28 06:28:32 PST 2014


The Hellenic Studies Program is happy to present one of the most gifted Yale undergraduates from Greece this semester. Please attend and listen to this most promising linguist present her original research on the topic.


Monday, February 3, 4:00 PM

Maria Kouneli
Yale College 2014

"The Whistled Language of Antia: Strategies for Revitalization"
Whistled speech is a rare form of speech, in which phonetic cues from spoken language are emulated in whistled form so that dialogues can take place over long distances. The whistled language of the village Antia in Greece is one of the only two such languages in Europe and is, unfortunately, severely endangered. In this talk Maria Kouneli will discuss the details of what is meant by the term "whistled language", evaluate the endangerment situation in the case of Antia, discuss the revitalization possibilities for the language, and present facts on the latest realized efforts for the preservation of the language.

Luce Hall 203, 34 Hillhouse Avenue

The talk is cosponsored with the Department of Linguistics

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