The study of Ancient Greek grammar has a long and distinguished tradition, dating back to the earliest stages of linguistic inquiry. In recent years, however, the field has undergone significant transformation. New approaches increasingly integrate insights from general linguistics and various language sciences –most notably linguistic typology, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics– while also benefiting from technological advances such as the development of digital corpora, treebanks, and computational tools for data processing and analysis.
The aim of New Ways of Analyzing Ancient Greek (nwaag3) is to support and further develop these directions by fostering a network of linguists committed to empirically grounded and theoretically innovative approaches to Ancient Greek. Bringing together scholars from different traditions, this conference promotes dialogue between theoretical, philological, and computational perspectives. The present conference addresses two central questions:
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How can the study of Ancient Greek be advanced through engagement with developments in the wider scientific landscape, both within and beyond the humanities?
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What contributions can Ancient Greek make to current linguistic theory and to cross-linguistic generalizations?
nwaag hosts contributions from all areas of modern linguistics, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics as well as work at their interfaces. We particularly encourage contributions that combine philological expertise with formal, typological, or computational approaches. Participants are expected to present findings in their areas of expertise covering the study of Greek language across all levels of analysis.
New Ways of Analyzing Ancient Greek 3 (nwaag3) is the third installment in a conference series (Göttingen 2019, Athens 2024) that has successfully brought together researchers from different career stages working in different countries and with interdisciplinary backgrounds. The series has contributed to the formation of an international network dedicated to empirical and analytical advancements in the study of Ancient Greek in line with contemporary developments in linguistics and humanities. In addition to corpus-based and theoretical studies, nwaag3 particularly welcomes the discussion of new digital resources for the study of Ancient Greek.
We invite submissions of abstracts for oral presentations scheduled for 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion.
Abstracts should not exceed 500 words, including references and examples, and should be submitted as PDF files to [nwaag3-lecce@unisalento.it] by December 15.
Important information for the submission: please include the names of all authors in the body of the submission email, but anonymize the submitted file and do not include author information in the abstract itself.