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Project Symposium 'Connecting the Frisian Language Family', Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden (NL)

Agenda

Presentation

Conference

In autumn 2025, the Fryske Akademy, Nordfriisk Instituut and Seeltersk-Kontoor started a joint research project on the Frisian languages. This was the first linguistic research project to bring together all three Frisian language areas North Frisian, Saterland Frisian and West Frisian. As the project draws to a close, we would like to share what we have learned and explore opportunities for future research together.

Everyone is warmly invited to attend. Alongside presentations by the project team, there will be plenty of opportunities to meet colleagues, exchange ideas and contribute to discussions about the future of research on the Frisian languages.

Date: 10 December 2026
Location: Fryske Akademy

Programma

09:30 – 10:15 Registration and coffee
10:15 – 10:30 Welcome
10:30 – 11:30 Fenna Bergsma, Anne Merkuur, Suzanne Dekker, Eric Hoekstra, Wilbert Heeringa, Lena Terhart, Thede Thießen, Henk Wolf, Veronika Pugge: Morphosyntactic Variation, Language Contact and Speaker Attitudes
11:30 – 13:00 Lunch (Fryske Akademy)
13:00 – 13:30 Mireille de Muijck: The Role of Aspect in Infinitival Selection
13:30 – 14:00 Louw Biesma: The and + INF Construction across the Frisian Languages
14:00 – 14:30 Eric Hoekstra & Kerrin Tadsen: On Shrinking Minorities: With Special Reference to North Frisian and South Jutish
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:00 Discussion: Future Research in the Frisian Language Family
16:00 – 16:20 Discussion outcomes and wrap-up
16:20 – 16:30 Closing remarks

Registration

There are only a limited number of places available, so registration is essential.

You can register for the ‘Project Symposium: Bringing the Frisian language family together’ here >>>

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Please note: registration for the Day of Frisian Linguistics must be done via a different form.

 

 

 

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