Judeo-Spanish in Bulgaria: a contact language between archaism and innovation

Workshop on Judeo-Spanish

12 and 13 July 2024, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

Workshop venue:

Fakultätssaal
building: Philosophicum
Jakob-Welder-Weg 18,
55128 Mainz

Scientific program

Friday, 12 July
10:15 - 10:45	Welcome and presentation of the project “Judeo-Spanish in Bulgaria: a contact language between archaism and innovation”
10:45 - 11:30	Chair: Christoph Gabriel 1. Aldina Quintana (Jerusalem): Description of Samokov’s Judeo-Spanish vowels, according to Ms. Biografia Arie (1900–1914) by Moise Abraam Arié
11.30 – 12.00	Coffee break
12:00 - 13:30	Chair: Susann Fischer 2. Jonas Grünke, Christoph Gabriel, Bistra Andreeva, Mitko Sabev (Mainz and Saarbrücken): The impact of language contact: stress placement in Bulgarian Judeo-Spanish 3. Travis Bradley (Davis): Dissimilation in diminutive Suffixation: Comparing Judeo-Spanish and Colombian Spanish
13.30 – 15.00	Lunch
15.00 – 16.30	Chair: Jonas Grünke 4. David Bunis (Jerusalem): Brief historical notes on the use of Judezmo in Bulgaria, 16th–20th centuries 5. Frank Salvelsberg, Aldina Quintana (Göttingen and Jerusalem): The Ibero-Romance component in Ḥayyim Vital (1543–1620) and his Sefer ha-Refuʾot
Saturday, 13 July
10.00 – 11.30	Chair: Christoph Gabriel 6. Marco García García, Javier Caro Reina (Cologne): Differential object marking in Istanbul Judeo-Spanish 7. Susann Fischer, Jorge Vega Vilanova, Tania Avgustinova, Diana Klüh (Hamburg and Saarbrücken): Language contact effects on the word order of Bulgarian Judeo-Spanish speakers
11.30 – 12.00	Coffee break
12.00 – 13.30	Chair: Bistra Andreeva 8. Brechtje Post, Laura Wright, Ioanna Sitaridou, and Linda Fisher (Cambridge): Language loss: Llanito 9. Christian Liebl (Wien): Judeo-Spanish and the Phonograph

How to get to Mainz from the airport?

There are two train stations at the airport, one for long-distance trains (“Fernbahnhof” in German) and one for regional trains. Go to the one for regional trains (“Regionalbahnhof” in German). The trains to Mainz Main Railway Station (“Mainz Hauptbahnhof” in German, abbreviation “Mainz Hbf”) usually depart from track 3. You can either take the suburban train (“S-Bahn”) line S8 (destination: “Wiesbaden Hbf”) or one of the regional trains (typically line RE3 to “Saarbrücken Hbf”). You can check the timetables on www.bahn.de (the stations are called “Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Regionalbf” and “Mainz Hbf”). There are turquoise ticket machines (labelled “RMV”) near the stairs before you go down to the tracks. Single tickets should be €6.30. The machines sometimes ask you if you want to go to Mainz via Frankfurt. Do not chose this option! Frankfurt is in the opposite direction and it costs much more.

Venue and how to get there

There are numerous bus and tram lines leaving from Mainz Hauptbahnhof (Main Railway Station) that you can take to reach the campus. We recommend the tram lines 51, 53 or 59 in the direction of “Lerchenberg” (sometimes it’s also “Marienborn” or “Hochschule Mainz”). Get og at the third stop (“Friedrich-von-Pfeiffer-Weg”). It is also possible to get og already at the second stop (Universität), but the route from “Friedrich-vonPfeiger-Weg” is shorter. Alternatively, you can also walk to the campus from the station. It takes approx. 30 min. The venue of the conference is called “Fakultätssaal”. It is located inside the Philosophicum building (address: Jakob-Welder-Weg 18). When you enter the building as shown by the red line, you’ll see some stairs some metres ahead on the left side. Just go up and you’ll arrive at the right place.

The coffee breaks and lunch will take place at the venue.