LING 4802
Historical Linguistics: English
A theory-intensive course that will study the development of English starting with Proto-Indo-European progressing through Common Germanic to the stages of English itself. Topics include phonological sound changes, phonemic inventories, and morphological and syntactic typology.
Topics
- phonological sound changes
- phonemic inventories
- morphological and syntactic typology
Course catalogue
Prerequisites & course information
Precludes additional credit for LING 4101 (no longer offered). Prerequisite(s): LING 2005 and LING 2007 , and one of LING 3005 , LING 3810 or LING 3811 . Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as LING 5802 , ENGL 5101 , for which additional credit is precluded. Seminars three hours a week.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027