Course Catalog - 2005-2006

     

LING 405 - TOPICS IN LANGUAGE CHANGE

Long Title: TOPICS IN LANGUAGE CHANGE
Department: Linguistics
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): LING 305
Description: Survey of the current research on the nature of diachronic processes and their implications for linguistic theory. May include diachronic typology, issues in genetic classification, grammaticalization, syntactic change, and analogical change. Content varies from year to year. Repeatable for Credit.