Objectif An area of ancient written culture from the first millennium BCE, the Ethiopian highlands have been home to a complex literary tradition (predominantly in Ge‘ez) that has no parallel in sub-Saharan Africa. Its emergence was determined by Late Antique culture (Byzantium including Egypt, Pales-tine, Syria, and the Red Sea), Mediterranean cultural encounters, and the African background. The earliest known texts were translations from Greek, later works were adopted from Christian Arabic (esp. Copto-Arabic) literary tradition, in addition to a rich local written production. The complexity of literary history is fully reflected in the changes in grammar, lexicon and stylistic means of the Ge‘ez language. TraCES will for the first time analyze in detail the lexical, morphological and sty-listic features of texts depending on their origins using the achievements of linguistics, philology, and digital humanities. An annotated digital text corpus of critically established texts will be cre-ated. Frequency and collocation analysis will reveal changes in grammatical and lexical choices across centuries. Novel ways of visualization of textual features and intertextual relationships will be offered to provide insights into the structure, history and evolution of texts. The resulting new understanding of the history of the Ge‘ez language and of the Ethiopian creativity and literary activity will help establish features and criteria that may be helpful in determining the origins of texts when the direct ‘Vorlage’ is missing. The literary transmission and dissemination processes will be analyzed by contrasting and connecting Ethiopian Late Antique and medieval heritage with its parallels and antecedents in Near East and Mediterranean, contributing to our understanding of the cultural networks of the Christian Orient. A number of valuable research tools will emerge as by-products of the project. Champ scientifique humanitieslanguages and literaturelinguisticshumanitieshistory and archaeologyhistoryancient historyhumanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorymedieval historyhumanitieslanguages and literatureliterature studieshistory of literaturehumanitiesother humanitieslibrary sciencesdigital humanities Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Thème(s) ERC-AG-SH5 - ERC Advanced Grant - Cultures and cultural production Appel à propositions ERC-2013-ADG Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Institution d’accueil UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG Contribution de l’UE € 2 493 220,00 Adresse MITTELWEG 177 20148 HAMBURG Allemagne Voir sur la carte Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Simone Ludwig (Ms.) Chercheur principal Alessandro Bausi (Prof.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Bénéficiaires (1) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG Allemagne Contribution de l’UE € 2 493 220,00 Adresse MITTELWEG 177 20148 HAMBURG Voir sur la carte Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Simone Ludwig (Ms.) Chercheur principal Alessandro Bausi (Prof.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée