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Vowels vs. Vader: Exploring the Light & Dark Sides of Indo-European

Date:
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Location:
Hilton Hotel, downtown Lexington
Speaker(s) / Presenter(s):
Prof. Joshua Katz (Princeton University) and Dr. Andrew Byrd (University of Kentucky)

Reconstructing the sound system of a long-dead language is not just a thing of the past.  Come and see why the "Darth Vader" sound was unpalatable for the Indo-Europeans and explore the divine nature of vowels