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Asymmetric Communication in Ancient Societies
Date: 16-Oct-2025 - 17-Oct-2025
Location: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Contact: Tobias Paul
Contact Email: [email protected]
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics
Subject Language(s): Akkadian (akk)
Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc)
Egyptian (Ancient) (egy)
Latin (lat)
Sumerian (sux)
Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic; Hurro-Urartean; Indo-European; Nilo-Saharan; Turkic
This conference explores the role of asymmetric communication in ancient societies, focusing on how power imbalances, status differences, and socio-cultural hierarchies shaped modes of interaction. We welcome contributions from scholars working in the fields of Register Studies, Historical Linguistics and related disciplines, who analyze these dynamics through linguistic, visual, and contextual perspectives.
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