Dr. Svenja Bonmann
Historical-Comparative Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
D-50923 Cologne
Tel: +49-221-470-4112
Fax: +49-221-470-5947
Office hours:
by appointment
(please contact via e-mail)
Research interests
- Historical-Comparative Linguistics
- Indo-European and Yeniseian languages
- Language history and systematic comparative analysis (setting up correspondence sets, etc.)
- Scientifically rigorous linguistic reconstruction using the historical-comparative method
- Decipherment of Ancient Writing Systems
- Undeciphered ancient writing systems (e.g., Kushan script, Isthmus script)
- Innovative approaches based on historical-comparative methodology (linguistic reconstruction)