LINGUIST 308
Language Change
Please note: this is archived course information from 2024 for LINGUIST 308.
Description
A course on historical language change and language relationships. The course examines reasons for and types of language change, and methods (comparative method, internal reconstruction) for reconstructing earlier language forms.
This will be an option for linguistics students who wish to either focus on diachronic linguistics, or who wish to inform synchronic research with a diachronic perspective.
Assessment
Coursework only
Availability 2024
Not taught in 2024
Lecturer(s)
TBA
Points
LINGUIST 308: 15 points
Prerequisites
LINGUIST 200 and 201
Restrictions
LINGUIST 202