Papers by Johannes Mücke
A History of Creole Studies, 2019
As an institutionalized subfield of academic research, Creole studies (or Creolistics) emerged in... more As an institutionalized subfield of academic research, Creole studies (or Creolistics) emerged in the second half of the 20th century on the basis of pioneering works in the last decades of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century. Yet its research traditions—just like the Creole languages themselves—are much older and are deeply intertwined with the history of European colonialism, slavery, and Christian missionary activities all around the globe. Throughout the history of research, creolists focused on the emergence of Creole languages and their grammatical structures—often in comparison to European colonial languages. In connection with the observations in grammar and history, creolists discussed theoretical matters such as the role of language acquisition in creolization, the status of Creoles among the other languages in the world, and the social conditions in which they are or were spoken. These discussions molded the way in which the acquired knowledge was transmitted to the following generations of creolists.
“Infinitive loss” has been described as a major feature of the Southeast European (or Balkan) lin... more “Infinitive loss” has been described as a major feature of the Southeast European (or Balkan) linguistic area. Yet, the Balkan languages differ significantly in the extent to which they exhibit this feature (cf. Joseph 1983: 242). Furthermore, there are languages spoken in Southeast Europe which are not always included into the linguistic area, such as
Balkan Judezmo (cf. Friedman & Joseph 2014) or Balkan Turkish varieties (cf. Matras & Tufan 2007), and dialects of South Italy (cf. Rohlfs 1922, 1969, 1997), that also show similar patterns of syntactical re-structuring to a certain extent. Another idiom that shows a reduction of infinitival complementation is the Italian variety spoken in Corfu. In this
paper older and more recent data of Corfiot Italian will be compared in order to contribute to the research on infinitive reduction and to discuss the question, if this pattern could be interpreted as a case of areal convergence in Southeast Europe.
Grazer Linguistische Studien (GLS) 80, Herbst 2013, S. 5-22, 2015
Grazer Linguistische Studien, 2017
This paper has been elaborated based on the thematic introduction given in the section "Schnittst... more This paper has been elaborated based on the thematic introduction given in the section "Schnittstelle(n) (der) Philologie" at the 9 th congress of the German Frankoromanistenverband in Münster, 2014. It offers reflections on the hermeneutical potential of the connection between the notion of interface and the highly ambiguous term of philology for the historiography of disciplines having language for their primary object of scientific investigation.
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Grazer Linguistische Studien, 2016
The edition of the letters of the Istrian Antonio Ive to Hugo Schuchardt casts a new light on thi... more The edition of the letters of the Istrian Antonio Ive to Hugo Schuchardt casts a new light on this linguistic scholar and adds more details to the knowledge of both Romance philologists at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. Ive, who was born in Habsburgian Rovigno in 1851 and who died in 1937 in Austrian Graz, was the first professor for Italian language and literature at the University of Graz. The tension between Ive's italophone origin at the periphery of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German-speaking academic sphere in one of its subcentres might have been one of the factors that led to his marginalization and exclusion. Still, Ive contributed to the folkloristic and dialectological study not only of the then and today endangered Romance idioms in Istria and the Isle of Krk, but also of Italian dialects especially in the Lazio. Furthermore, he participated in Schuchardt's research within the ethnolinguistic Wörter und Sachen approach as a valuable consultant and mediator.
Die Sektion „Schnittstelle(n) (der) Philologie“ fand anlässlich des 9. Kongresses des Frankoroman... more Die Sektion „Schnittstelle(n) (der) Philologie“ fand anlässlich des 9. Kongresses des Frankoromanistenverbandes „Schnittstellen/Interfaces“ (24. – 27. September 2014) an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster unter der Leitung von Luca Melchior, Johannes Mücke und Verena Schwägerl-Melchior statt. Die Vorträge und die sich anschließenden Diskussionen beleuchteten das Sektionsthema aus verschiedenen Perspektiven. Die Sektionsbeschreibung findet sich online.
Institutional, terminological and methodological innovations in the language sciences can be anal... more Institutional, terminological and methodological innovations in the language sciences can be analyzed as being interrelated with advancements in communication technologies and printing and publishing in the 19th century. Hugo Schuchardt (1842-1927) played an active role within these developments. His large inventory of letters and manuscripts preserved at the University of Graz is an important source as a whole, as it shows traces of these processes.
Though rather short the correspondence between Hermann Paul and Hugo Schuchardt gives insights in... more Though rather short the correspondence between Hermann Paul and Hugo Schuchardt gives insights into the personal and scientific relationship between both linguistic scholars. The two letters and three postcards can be put into a greater medial structure in order to exemplify specific modes of reference. In this perspective the correspondence is part of the controversy on sound laws between the Neogrammarians and their critics, the study of language contact and the discussion of linguistic methodology.
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Balkan Judezmo (cf. Friedman & Joseph 2014) or Balkan Turkish varieties (cf. Matras & Tufan 2007), and dialects of South Italy (cf. Rohlfs 1922, 1969, 1997), that also show similar patterns of syntactical re-structuring to a certain extent. Another idiom that shows a reduction of infinitival complementation is the Italian variety spoken in Corfu. In this
paper older and more recent data of Corfiot Italian will be compared in order to contribute to the research on infinitive reduction and to discuss the question, if this pattern could be interpreted as a case of areal convergence in Southeast Europe.
Digital Editions by Johannes Mücke
Editorships by Johannes Mücke
Balkan Judezmo (cf. Friedman & Joseph 2014) or Balkan Turkish varieties (cf. Matras & Tufan 2007), and dialects of South Italy (cf. Rohlfs 1922, 1969, 1997), that also show similar patterns of syntactical re-structuring to a certain extent. Another idiom that shows a reduction of infinitival complementation is the Italian variety spoken in Corfu. In this
paper older and more recent data of Corfiot Italian will be compared in order to contribute to the research on infinitive reduction and to discuss the question, if this pattern could be interpreted as a case of areal convergence in Southeast Europe.