Coseriu’s linguistics – origin and actuality

Eugenio Coseriu (1921-2002) was one of the most important and influential Romanists and linguists of the 20th century. The centenary of his birth in 2021 was the occasion for the celebration of an international conference, which was organized at the University of Zurich and held in a hybrid form (online and in praesentia).

This webpage will be maintained and features various contents (recordings of conference talks, interviews, photos, and documents).

Main issues:

  • Language varieties
  • Language change
  • Pragmatics and text linguistics
  • Norm and correction

Plenary speakers:

  • Jürgen Trabant (Berlin)
  • Miguel Casas Gómez (Cádiz)
  • Bernhard Hurch (Graz)
  • Araceli López Serena (Sevilla)
  • Óscar Loureda Lamas (Heidelberg)
  • Emma Tămâianu-Morita (Osaka)
  • Klaas Willems (Gent)

Organization:

Prof. Dr. Johannes Kabatek
Romanisches Seminar der Universität Zürich
Zürichbergstrasse 8
CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland

Universität Zürich, 16.06.21-18.06.21.

University of Zurich
Swiss National Science Foundation
Schweizerische Hochschulkonferenz
Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG