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LING 260 - Advanced Language Change

Linguistics College of Letters and Science

Full Course Title

Advanced Language Change

Instructor Name(s)

Campbell, Mithun

Course Description

Types of theories of language change. Language families and subgroups. Internal and comparative reconstruction. The interpretation of historical records. Dialectology; sociolinguistic factors in language change and processes of grammaticization. Ramifications of observed changes for synchronic theories of language structure.

Unit Value

4

Maximum number of times course can be repeated for additional credit

99

Maximum Units

99

Prerequisites

Graduate standing.