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Erik Thau-Knudsen

Post-grad student, cand. mag. & ling. merc


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Area of research

My area of research lies primarily within Balkan linguistics, where I am working at my PhD dissertation about the development of future expressions in the Balkan languages (Greek, South Slavic, Albanian, Balkan Romance).
Moreover I have interests in Balkan dialectology, Slavic etymologies, migrant words (wanderwàèrter, notably silk, vampire, tea),Altaistics, sociolinguistics with a special regard to the situation i Siberia, but language attitudes are included as well. A newer interest is the origin of languages by the aid of DNA analyses of the populations of the world, much inspired by the Italian genetician Cavalli-Sforza.

Selected publications

2002. "Directions of innovations in South Slavic 1000-2000 : The case of the Balkan future". In Komparativ sprogforskning på vej. Edited by Adam Hyllested. København: Blackwell Munksgaard, xxx-xxx (forthcoming).

2001. "Nekotorye soobraženija o processax zaimstvovanija [Некоторые соображения о процессах заимствования]". In Studia linguistica et balcanica ; Pamjati Agnii Vasilevny Desnickoj (1912-1992). Edited by N. N. Kazanskij, et al. Sankt-Peterburg: "Nauka" : Rossijskaja akademija nauk ; Institut lingvističeskix issledovanij, 216-223.

1999. Grammatikalisering af balkansprogenes futurumudtryk. Et overblik. In Svantevit. Dansk tidsskrift for slavistik 20 Issue 2:127-141.

1999. Stepeni balkanizacii. K opredeleniju balkanizmov [Степени балканизации. К определению балканизмов] . In Materialy XXVIII Mežvuzovskaja naučno-metodičeskaja konferencija prepodavatelej i aspirantov, Vypusk 12. Balkanskie issledovanija. 15-19 marta 1999. Edited St Petersburg: Izdatel'stvo Skt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, 9.

1998. Ways to express future tense in the Balkan languages. Grammaticalization of volo and habeo with special regards to Eastern South Slavic. In Materialy XXVII Mežvuzovskaja naučno-metodičeskaja konferencija prepodavatelej i aspirantov, Vypusk 11. Balkanskie issledovanija. 16-22 marta 1998. Edited St Petersburg: Izdatel'stvo Skt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, 64-71.

1997. Futurity in Balkan Slavic tenses. In Tagung: Aktuelle Probleme der Balkanlinguistik. 1. Tagung der Kommission für Balkanlinguistik beim Internationalen Slawistenkomitee in Marburg, April, 25, 1997 (pp. 1-14 [forthcoming]). Philipps-Universität Marburg: Institut für slavische Philologie.

1997. Generating the definite article in Albanian and East South Slavic. In Makedonski jazik :1-7 (forthcoming).

1997. Language hierarchies and multilingual societies. Situations in North-East Siberia and Europe. In Mihail Videnov, et al. (Eds.), 6th International Sociolinguistic Conference, (pp. (forthcoming) xxx-xxx). Šumen (Bulgaria): Meždunarodno sociolingvističesko družestvo INSOLISO (International Sociolinguistic Society).

1997. Unilinearitet i sydslaviske fremtidsudtryk. In 14. Nordiske slavistmøde, (pp. xx). Helsingfors Universitet: (to be published in Svantevit).

1996. Promeni na ezikovo prevazhodstvo i podčinenie. Primeri ot Severoiztočna Sibir [Промени на езиково превъзходство и подчинение] . In Ezikat i Socialnite kontakti. Materiali ot Petata meždunarodna konferencija po sociolingvistika, Sofija, 14-16 septemvri 1995 g. (Language and social contacts. Proceedings of the Fifth International Sociolinguistic Conference, Sofia, September 14-16, 1995). Problemi na sociolingvistikata V (Problems of Sociolinguistics V). Edited by , et al. Sofia: Meždunarodno sociolingvističesko družestvo INSOLISO (International Sociolinguistic Society), 39-43.

1995. Jukagirernes sprog - fra lavstatus til højstatus. In På rejse i Sibirien. Edited by , et al. Århus: Moesgård Museum, 38-43.

1995. Makedonskiot jazik kako posrednik na balkanizmi. Ušte ednaš za balkanskiot futur so verba voluntatia [Македонскиот јазик како посредник на балканизми. Уште еднаш за балканскиот футур со verba voluntatia]. In Vtor naučen sobir na mladi makedonisti, (pp. 307-316). Skopje: Katedra za makedonski jazik i južnoslovenski jazici, Universitet Kiril i Metodij.

1992. Alpha protheticum i iberoromansk og balkanromansk. Study paper in Portuguese. Københavns Universitet.

1991. Alpha Protheticum em Português e noutras Línguas Românicas. In Revista Internacional de Língua Portuguesa 5/6 Dezembro:27-33.

1991. Romansko, slavjansko i gracko ezikovo vzaimodejstvie v Nestram [Романско, славянско и гръцко езиково взаимодействие в Нестрам]. In Ezikovata situacija v mikro- i makrosocialnite obštnosti, (pp. 142-150). Veliko Tarnovo: Universitetsko izdatelstvo "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodij".

1990. Ablativ i antropija/anantropija v Trojanskija damaskin. In Balgarski ezik Vol. 2 :145-148.

1990. Izoglotalno ograničuvanje na makedonskoto standardno jazično podračje [Изоглотално ограничување на македонското стандардно јазично подрачје]. In XVII. Naučni diskusii po vreme na XXIII Seminar za makedonski jazik, literatura i kultura. Ohrid:

1989. Ablativ i antropija/anantropija v Trojanskom damaskine [Аблатив и антропия/анантропия в Троянском дамаскине]. In Sixième congres international d'études du sud-est européen. 30 août - 5 septembre 1989, Vol. 1 (pp. 217-218). Sofia: Balgarska Akademija na Naukite (BAN).

1989. Kristian Sandfeld og Linguistique balkanique. Speciale ved Institut for nygræsk og balkanistik. Balkanistik. Lingvistisk linie. (Thesis for graduation [MA] at Dept. of Modern Greek and Balkanistics. Balkanistics. Linguistic line). Institut for nygræsk og balkanistik: København.

1989. Značenjeto na Jens Kristian Sandfeld vo balkanistikata [Значењето на Јенс Кристијан Сандфелд во балканистиката]. In Literaturen zbor 1989 3-4:131-138.

Moreover:

The articles in Den store danske Encyklopædi (The Big Danish Encyclopaedia, published by Danmarks Nationalleksikon, 1992-2001) under the entries tahur (Tahur), tatarer:sprog (Tatars: Language), sibo (Sibo), solon (Solon [Evenki]), Tjuvasjien:sprog (Chuvashia: Language), tofalarisk (Tofalar), tungusiske sprog (Tungus languages), Turkmenistan:sprog (Turkmenistan: Languages), turkmensk (Turkmen), tuvinsk (Tuvinian [Tuvan]), Tyrkiet:sprog(Turkey: Languages), tyrkisk (Turkish), tyrkiske sprog (Turkic languages), ural-altaiske sprog (Ural-Altaic languages), uralske sprog (Uralic Languages), usbekisk (Uzbek), Usbekistan:sprog (Uzbekistan: Languages), uyghurisk (Uyghur), vandreord (migrant words), vokalharmoni (vowel harmony [with Adam Hyllested]), à½stersà½finske sprog ( Balto-Fennic languages [with Adam Hyllested and Andreas Knudsen]).

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