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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