Faculty First Year Seminars 197LIN1 - A Linguistic Journey Through S
Fall
2017
01
1.00
Rajesh Bhatt
W 10:10AM 11:00AM
UMass Amherst
42256
South Asia is linguistically very diverse with 4 major language families and a very large number of languages. The linguistic diversity partially tracks the
movements of the peoples who live in South Asia and looking at the languages of this area provides a window into the cultures, histories, and literatures of the subcontinent. My plan is to start with an overview of the major language families and then spend each meeting looking at one language ? its distintinctive linguistic properties and what historical and cultural forces have shaped this language.
movements of the peoples who live in South Asia and looking at the languages of this area provides a window into the cultures, histories, and literatures of the subcontinent. My plan is to start with an overview of the major language families and then spend each meeting looking at one language ? its distintinctive linguistic properties and what historical and cultural forces have shaped this language.
Freshmen Only