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HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS

LINGUIS 303

Course Description

Understanding language change; relation of variation and change to formal properties of human language; consideration of linguistic typology, basic concepts and methods of diachronic analysis. Topics include: language classification and reconstruction; language and social identity, geography, and power; language contact; registers; writing systems.

Prerequisties

(LINGUIS 101 or ANTHRO/LINGUIS 301 ), ENGL 417 , ASIAN 631 , GERMAN 650 , FRENCH/ITALIAN/PORTUG/SPANISH 429 , or SCANDST 415

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.61

-0.04% from Historical

Completion Rate

95.65%

-1.71% from Historical

A Rate

86.96%

24.41% from Historical

Class Size

23

23.66% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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