HNRS: Language Change
Fall 2021 Courses
Course:
LING 530 H10 28416
Course Attributes:
SocBehavSci, Humanities
Instructor:
Kurt Goblirsch
Location/Times(1):
HUMCB 102 on TR @ 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm
Registered:
2
Seat Capacity:
10
Major ways in which phonetics, phonology, syntax, morphology, and semantics change through language history; social factors which promote innovation.
Notes:
**Preferable that the students have had LING 300 or LING 301.**How and why do languages change? The course is designed as a detailed introduction to the subfield of historical linguistics. We will examine the different types of language change: phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic. We will discuss the different types of evidence available, methods of historical linguistics, and models of reconstruction. There will also be attention paid to factors affecting language change, like the interplay of dialect and standard language and other sociolinguistic factors.