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Neie partizipative Projet: Transliteratioun vun historesche Froebéi

AktualitéitenVon Peter Gilles 18. Juni 2026

Mir starten haut mat engem neie partizipative Projet am Kader vum wëssenschaftlechen Opschaffe vun den historesche Sourcë vum Lëtzebuergeschen. Dobäi geet et ëm d’Froebéi, déi den ungaresche Sproochfuerscher Richard Huss an de Joren 1924/1925 an ca. 250 Uertschaften am Grand-Duché ausfëlle gelooss huet. 44 däitsch Sätz sollte vun der Informantin/vum Informant aus enger Lëtzebuerger Uertschaft…

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Neien Artikel: Glesener – Towards a Definition of Small Literatures

AktualitéitenVon Jeanne E. Glesener 13. Juni 2026

Wat si kleng Literaturen ? Hänken se vun demographeschen Donnéeën, dem Status vun hire Sproochen, d‘Unzuel u Publikatiounen an Auteuren an dem Accès op Iwwersetzungen of? Oder zeechnen se sech duerch hier Positioun am globale Weltliteratursystem aus, wou verschidde literaresch Kulturen hyperpresent sinn, wärend anerer fir hier Visibilitéit musse kämpfen? Och fir d’Lëtzebuerger Literatur sinn…

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Nei Publikation iwwert d’n-Reegel

AktualitéitenVon Peter Gilles 2. Juni 2026

Hiweise wëll ech op eng nei Publikatioun iwwert d’faméis n-Reegel. Zesumme mat mengem Kolleeg Frans Hinskens (Nijmengen/Amsterdam) hu mir an engem méi grousse Gebitt déi verschidde phonologesch Prozesser analyséiert, déi d‘n-Reegel am wäitste Sënn determinéieren. Den Artikel ass am renomméierten Journal of Germanic Linguistic am Open Access erauskomm.

Geschichte der Schriftwechsel im „Luxemburger Wort“ (1848-1980)

AktualitéitenVon Peter Gilles 25. Mai 2026

Für die Linguistik galt lange Zeit, dass Schrift als graphische Repräsentation von Sprache keine linguistische Relevanz besitze: Die Form eines Buchstabens an sich wäre demnach linguistisch irrelevant und es zählt lediglich, dass die Form eines <a> Distinktivität besitzt, um es von anderen Buchstaben zu unterscheiden. Alle schriftsystematischen und typographischen Aspekte beträfen demnach ausschließlich die ‚Materialität’…

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Prix Servais 2026 – Felicitatiounen un de Ian de Toffoli!

AktualitéitenVon Peter Gilles 19. Mai 2026

Une reconnaissance majeure pour la littérature luxembourgeoise et un moment de fierté pour notre communauté académique : le Prix Servais 2026, largement considéré comme la distinction littéraire la plus prestigieuse au Luxembourg, a été décerné à Dr Ian de Toffoli (Research Scientist en littérature luxembourgeoise à la FHSE) pour son ouvrage « Léa ou la…

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Neist Publikatiounen am BiblioLux

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