Linguistics 505 - Int Historical Ling

Survey of goals, methods, and results of research into the history and prehistory of languages. Focus on language variation and change, comparative method and linguistic reconstruction, linguistic classification and models of linguistic change. Examples drawn primarily from the Indo-European language family. Course will be of interest to students of anthropology, sociology, classics, and modern languages. Prerequisite: LINGUIST 201.

LINGUIST 201 & 402