Paul Widmer
Prof. Dr. Paul Widmer
Professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
Deputy Head of Institute
Head of Indo-European Studies Group
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Phone: +41 44 634 64 01
Office hours by appointment
Curriculum Vitae
Main research areas
Diachronic Linguistics, Morphosyntax, Iranian, Tocharian, Celtic, Vedic, Hittite
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Publications
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Syntactic evidence for metrical structure in Rigvedic stanzas Indo-European Linguistics, 13, 1–21. doi:10.1163/22125892-bja10041
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Advances in population genetics and language history: How large data sets and ancient DNA changed the picture In: Robbeets, Martine; Hudson, Mark . The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology and Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 193-209.
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The road to negation: A comparative study of five typologically and culturally diverse languages First Language:Epub ahead of print.
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A corpus approach to orthographic chunking: near-naive word separation in Swiss German text messages Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory:1-30.
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Uncovering genetic signatures of the Walser migration in the Alps: Patterns of diversity and differentiation Forensic Science International. Genetics, 76:103206.
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Discontinuous Linearization of Vedic Nominal Expressions In: Leach, Robert; Hellwig, Oliver; Zehnder, Thomas . Studies in the Atharvaveda : Proceedings of the 3rd Zurich International Conference on Indian Literature and Philosophy. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 57-72.
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Inter-call intervals, but not call durations, adhere to Menzerath’s Law in the submissive vocal bouts of meerkats Royal Society Open Science, 11(12):241351.
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Areal and phylogenetic dimensions of word order variation in Indo-European languages Linguistics, 62(5):1085-1116.
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Atharvaveda Paippalada Zurich Edition Book 4 (Version 1.0.0) [Data set] www.swissubase.ch: LaRS — Language Repository of Switzerland.
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Atharvaveda Paippalada Zurich Edition Book 1 (Version 1.0.0) [Data set] : LaRS — Language Repository of Switzerland.
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Daten und Zahlen zur Struktur rigvedischer Metren Zeitschrift der deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 174(1):191-217.
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Supplementary Information to Scarlata & Widmer, Daten und Zahlen zur Struktur rigvedischer Metren : LaRS — Language Repository of Switzerland.
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Word order evolves at similar rates in main and subordinate clauses Diachronica, 40(4):532-556.
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Pairing peers and pears: Changing conventions of Gheg Albanian heritage speakers Language Dynamics and Change:1 - 26.
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Untersuchungen zu den Verbvalenzen im Vedischen 2023, University of Zurich, Philosophische Fakultät.
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Atharvaveda Paippalāda manuscripts (1.0.0) [Dataset] : LaRS - Language Repository of Switzerland.
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ParTree - Parallel Treebanks: A multilingual corpus of movie subtitle www.swissubase.ch: LaRS — Language Repository of Switzerland.
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Referential Features and Verbal Agreement with Neuter Plural Subjects in Ancient Greek In: Semenzato, Camille; Hartmann, Lucius . Von der Antike begeistert! : Philologie, Philosophie, Religion und Politik durch drei Jahrtausende. Festschrift für Christoph Riedweg. Basel: Schwabe Verlag, 453-474.
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Britannisch und der Verlust der Numerus- und Genuskongruenz in der Geschichte des Englischen In: Heinzle Marti, Mirjam; Thöny, Luzius . Swe gamelith is: Studien zur vergleichenden germanischen Sprachwissenschaft: Festschrift für Ludwig Rübekeil zum 65. Geburtstag. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 169-176.