LING 5802
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 theory.
Topics
- phonological sound changes
- phonemic inventories
- morphological and syntactic theory
Course catalogue
Prerequisites & course information
Also listed as ENGL 5101 . Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as LING 4802 , for which additional credit is precluded.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027