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University of Pittsburgh    
2019-2020 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog 
    
 
  Apr 30, 2024
 
2019-2020 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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LING 2860 - INTRO TO HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A survey of the principles and methods of historical linguistics; practice in the basic techniques of historical linguistic research. The major topics to be studied are the analysis of sound change, analogic change, contact-induced language change, the relationship between variation (regional and social) and language change, the comparative method, and internal reconstruction.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis
Course Attributes: Global Studies


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