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Philosophische FakultätHistorisch-Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft (Institut für Linguistik)

Dr. Riccardo Ginevra

Seit 2021 "Ricercatore" für Historische und Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft an der Katholischen Universität Mailand, Abteilung für Klassische Philologie, Papyrologie und Historische Sprachwissenschaft

Historisch-Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
Institut für Linguistik
D-50923 Köln

E-Mail: riccardo.ginevra[at]unicatt[dot]it  rginevr1[at]uni-koeln[dot]de

Academia.edu: https://unicatt.academia.edu/RiccardoGinevra

 

Publikationen

Monographien

Artikel

  • Ginevra Riccardo. 2023. “The Myth of Baldr’s Death and the Vedic Wounded Sun: the Old Norse theonyms Nanna Neps-dóttir (‘Maiden Sky’s-daughter’) and Hǫðr (‘Darkness’) in Germanic and Indo-European perspective”. In: Laura Massetti (ed.), Castalia: Studies in Indo-European Linguistics, Mythology, and Poetics, 80-105. Leiden and Boston: Brill.
  • Ginevra Riccardo. 2022. “The Old Norse FrameNet (ONoFN): Developing a New Digital Resource for the Study of Semantics and Syntax within a Medieval Germanic Tradition”. Co-author: Francesco Mambrini. Filologia Germanica – Germanic Philology vol. 14, pp. 119-140.
  • Ginevra Riccardo. 2022. “On Chariots and at Sea – Indo-European Gods of Mobility: Old Norse Njǫrðr, Vedic Sanskrit Nā́satya-, and Proto-Indo-European *nes-ḗt-/-ét- ‘returning (safely home), arriving (at the desired goal)’. In: David M. Goldstein, Stephanie W. Jamison, and Brent Vine (eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, pp. 105-124. Hamburg: Buske.
  • Ginevra Riccardo. 2021. “Old Norse ‑yn (Proto‑Germanic *‑unjō‑) and the Re‑Analysis and Spread of Derivational Morphology through Semantic Association. On Old Norse Fjǫrgyn ‘Earth(-goddess)’ and Hlóðyn ‘id.’, Celtic Hercynia (silua) ‘Hercynian forest’, Vedic Pŕ̥śni- ‘mother of the Maruts’, and Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- ‘colourful, spotted, dark’”. In: Alain Blanc and Isabelle Boehm (eds.), Dérivation nominale et innovations dans les langues indo‑européennes anciennes, pp. 61-72. Lyon: MOM Éditions.
  • Ginevra Riccardo. 2021. “Metaphor, metonymy, and myth: Persephone’s death-like journey in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter in the light of Greek phraseology, Indo-European poetics, and Cognitive Linguistics”. In: Ilaria Rizzato, Francesca Strik Lievers, and Elisabetta Zurru (eds.), Variations on Metaphor, pp. 181-211. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • Ginevra Riccardo. 2021. “Reconstructing Indo-European Metaphors and Metonymies: a Cognitive Linguistic Approach to Comparative Poetics”. AION-Linguistica vol. 10, pp. 163-181.
  • Ginevra Riccardo. 2020. “The Poetics of Distress, the Rape of the Heavenly Maiden, and the Most Ancient Sleeping Beauty: Oralistic, Linguistic, and Comparative Perspectives on the (Pre-)Historical Development of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter”. CHS Research Bulletin 8. Link: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hlnc.essay:GinevraR.The_Poetics_of_Distress.2020  
  • Ginevra Riccardo. 2020. Gods who Shine through the Millennia: Old Norse Baldr, Celtic Belinos, Old Irish Balar, and PIE *bʰelH- ‘be white, shine’. In: Luka Repanšek, Harald Bichlmeier, e Velizar Sadovski (edd.): vácāṃsi miśrā́ kr̥ṇavāvahai. Akten der Arbeitstagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft vom 4. bis 7. Juni 2019 in Ljubljana. Hamburg: Baar Verlag.
  • Ginevra, Riccardo. 2020. Foamy Rivers and the Wife of the Ocean: Greek ποταμός ‘river’, Τηθῡ́ς ‘mother of all rivers’, and Proto‑Indo‑European *ku̯eth₂‑ ‘foam, seethe’. Papers on Ancient Greek Linguistics. Proceedings of the Ninth International Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics (ICAGL 9), 30 August – 1 September 2018, Helsinki (pp. 99-110). (COMMENTATIONES HUMANARUM LITTERARUM).
  • Ginevra, Riccardo. 2020. Indo-European Cosmology and Poetics: Cosmic Merisms in Comparative and Cognitive Perspective. Archivio Glottologico Italiano, 104, 5-17.
  • Ginevra, Riccardo. 2020. Myths of non‑functioning fertility deities in Hittite and Core Indo-European. In: Matilde Serangeli & Thomas Olander (eds.), Dispersals and Diversification. Linguistic and Archaeological Perspectives on the Early Stages of Indo-European, pp. 106-129. Leiden: Brill.
  • Ginevra, Riccardo. 2019. Vedic bhiṣáj- ‘healer’ (*bʰh₂s-h₂éǵ- 'the one who leads to the light'), the Indo-European poetics of [LIGHT] as [LIFE] and the mythology of the Aśvins. Incontri linguistici, 42, 67-85.
  • Ginevra, Riccardo. 2019. Proto-Romance *pī̆k(k) ‘small, little’ and Proto-Indo-European *pei̯ḱ- ‘cut (off), carve, fashion’: on the origin of Italian piccolo, Spanish pequeño, Sicilian picca, Latin *pīcus ‘small’ and pīcus ‘divine fashioner; woodpecker’. In: Benedetta Aldinucci et al. (eds.), Parola. Una nozione unica per una ricerca multidisciplinare, pp. 343-352. Siena: Edizioni Università per Stranieri di Siena.
  • Ginevra, Riccardo. 2019. Indo-European poetics, mythology, and folktale in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Ὑλοτόμος, ὑποτάμνον, and a new interpretation for lines 227-230 and the Demophon episode. In A. Porro & S. Barbantani (eds.), Δόσις δ'ὀλίγη τε φίλη τε. Studi offerti a Mario Cantilena per i suoi settant'anni, 27-46. Milano: Vita e Pensiero.
  • Ginevra, Riccardo. 2018. Old Norse Sígyn (*sei̯ku̯-n̥-i̯éh2- ‘she of the pouring’), Vedic °sécanī- ‘pouring’, Celtic Sēquana and PIE *sei̯ku̯- ‘pour’. In D. M. Goldstein, S. W. Jamison & B. Vine (eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, 65-76. Bremen: Hempen.
  • Ginevra, Riccardo. 2018. Il [DORSO – delle ACQUE] in antico nordico (bak báru ‘dorso dell’onda’) e in antico inglese (sǣs hrycg ‘dorso del mare’): innovazione e tradizione di una metafora indoeuropea in ambito germanico. AION Linguistica, 7. 
  • Ginevra, Riccardo. 2018. Old Norse Brokkr, Sanskrit Bhr̥gu- and PIE *(s)bhr̥(h2)g- ‘crackle, roar’. In David M. Goldstein, Stephanie W. Jamison & Brent Vine (eds.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference. Bremen.

 

Vorträge

  • “The Love Life of the Dead: Norse Valkyries from an Indo-European Perspective”. Symposium “Indo-European Afterlife”. Swedish Collegium of Advanced Study, Uppsala. 30/03/2023. 
  • “Water as Periphery: Etymology, Phraseology, and Indo-European Ecological Discourse". Joint session of the research seminars “Discourse Studies” and “Comparative Literature”. University of Cologne (online). 13/01/2023.
  • “Cielo e Terra: una coppia universale”. Public talk organized by the no-profit association “Progetto Tortona”. Libreria Namastè, Tortona. 23/09/2022
  • “Traditional possibility and impossible reality: compressed mímēsis in Homeric poetry”. Lecture series: “Auerbach Lectures (Summer Semester 2022)”. Erich Auerbach Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Cologne. 20/06/2022.
  • “Indo-European gods of safe and successful mobility: Old Norse Njǫrðr, Vedic Sanskrit Nā́satya-, and PIE *nes- ‘return (safely home), arrive (at the desired goal)’”. Research seminar “New Shoots from the Roots” (02-03/06/2022). Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen. 03/06/2022. 
  • “There Be Dragons, and Other Dangerous Ones: Serpents, Water, Otherness, and Space in Indo-European”. Symposium “Indo-European Ecologies” (21/10/2021). Swedish Collegium of Advanced Study, Uppsala. 21/10/2021. 
  • “A Sacred Way between Eleusis and India: Sanskrit parallels for Eleusinian myth and ritual”. Conference “Ποικιλία Πολιτικῶν: Institucions i mites a la Grècia Antiga” (10-11/06/2021). UAB (online). 11/06/2021. 
  • “Indo-European Myths on Patron-Client Relationships and the Power of Words: Evidence from Scandinavia (Æsir-Vanir: Kvasir), India (Varuna-Mitra, Indra-Maruts: Mānya Agastya), and Rome (Patricians-Plebeians: Menēnius Agrippa)”. Conference “Power, Gender and Mobility: Features of Indo-European Society” (26-27/03/2021). University of Copenhagen (online). 27/03/2021. 
  • “Hermes's, Prometheus's, and Thjalfi's Wrongful Meals: Reconstructing the Pragmatic Context of an Indo-European Aetiological Myth”. Research seminar: “Historical Pragmatics”. University of Cologne (online). 15/01/2021.
  • “Hermes and Prometheus in Scandinavia: Reconstructing Indo-European Myth and Ritual”. Conference: Indo-European Interfaces (15–16/10/2020). Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala (online). 16/10/2020. 
  • “Pragmatics of Ritual in Indo-European Poetics and Myth”. Research seminar: “Historical Pragmatics”. University of Cologne (online). 12/06/2020. 
  • “The Rape of the Heavenly Maiden and an Ancient Sleeping Beauty: Indo‑European Phraseology and Themes in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter”. Lecture series: “Festlig Faglig Fredag”. University of Copenhagen (online). 29/05/2020. 
  • “Comparative Mythology and Folktale Studies: Kore, Demeter, Baldr, and the fairy tale ‘Sleeping Beauty’” Lecture series: “CHS Kosmos Society Online Open House”. Kosmos Society and Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies (online). Link to recording: https://youtu.be/u1LFNP_c0n0. 15/05/2020 
  • “Kore, Demeter, and other Sleeping Beauties: Myth and Folktale between Antiquity and Modernity” Lecture series: “Virtual Classics Colloquium”. Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania (online). 01/05/2020. 
  • “Comparative Perspectives on Ancient Indo-European Myths and Modern Folktales”. Research seminar: “Ancient Myths in Modern Art. Comparative Perspectives on Micro- and Macro-Structures”. University of Cologne. 05/12/2019. 
  • “Amore e morte. Lingua, poesia e concettualizzazione tra Inno Omerico a Demetra e contemporaneità”. Invited lecture. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano. 11/11/2019.
  • “Perspectives germaniques et indo-européennes de l’onomastique du vieux norrois”. Research seminar: Nommer les hommes dans les mondes anciens 2019-2020. University of Lyon. 17/10/2019.
  • “The Eleusinian Mysteries”. Lecture series: “Rituale. Identitäts- und Sinnstiftung in den antiken Kulturen des Mittelmeerraumes”. University of Cologne. 03/07/2019 
  • “Old Norse Mythology and Onomastics from an Indo European Perspective”. Internationale Nachwuchstagung der Vergleichenden germanischen Sprachwissenschaft (University of Zurich, 7 8 June 2018).
  • “Οὔτ᾽ἄρ᾽ἐπηλυσίη δηλήσεται οὔθ᾽ὑποτάμνον: poetica indoeuropea, mitologia comparata e folktale nell’Inno omerico a Demetra”. Conference “Δόσις δ’ὀλίγη τε φίλη τε. Giornata di studi in onore di Mario Cantilena” (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, 18 April 2018).
  • “The Wife of Fire and the Lover of the Waters: the Old Norse theonym Sígyn 'she of the pouring', Vedic °sécanī- 'pouring, pouring ladle' and Celtic Sēquanā”. 29th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference (University of California Los Angeles, 3 4 November 2017).
  • “Myths of non functioning fertility deities in Hittite and Core Indo European”. Conference “The Split: Reconstructing Early Indo-European Language and Culture” (University of Copenhagen, 13 5 September 2017).
  • “Ved. bhiṣáj- 'healer' (epithet of the Aśvins), the PIE collocation [LEAD (*h2eǵ-) – to the LIGHT (*bheh2-)] and the phases of healing in AVŚ 8.1”. Conference “Ritual und Terminologie: Phasen antiker Rituale und ihre Bezeichnungen” (University of Würzburg, 7 8 September 2017).
  • “Indo European Myths of the [WOMAN/WIFE– of the FIRE-Deity]: the Etymology of Old Norse Sigyn”. 3. Indogermanistisches Forschungskolloquium (University of Vienna, 20 1 April 2017).
  • “Old Norse Brokkr, Sanskrit Bhr̥gu-, and PIE *(s)bhr̥h2eg- ‘crackle, roar’”. 28th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference (University of California, Los Angeles, 11 2 November 2016).
  • “Old Norse Sigyn”. Annual Colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society “Onomastics and its History” (Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, 13 5 September 2016).
  • “Indogermanische mythologische Erzählungen und Rituale: Der Mythos von Baldrs Tod”. Conference “Ritus im Mythos: Zur Darstellung von Ritualen in mythologischen Texten” (University of Würzburg, 27 July 2016).
  • “Loki and Brokk, Agni and Bhr̥gu”. 2. Indogermanistisches Forschungskolloquium (University of Würzburg, 31 March – 1 April 2016).
  • “Strutture tematiche e collocazioni fraseologiche in narrazioni orali indoeuropee”. Conference “Conversando sulle lingue. Tra storia e sistema” (Università per Stranieri di Siena, 5 March 2015).