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Advanced Topics In Linguistics
Advanced investigation into a designated topic in linguistic theory and typology. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve credits under different subtitles.
Historical Linguistics
This course studies the historical development of language through time and space, examining the internal mechanisms and external influences involved in language change. Change will be examined at all levels: orthographic, phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and lexical. The course will also to investigate a variety of topics related to the phenomenon of language change; language classification; comparative linguistics; the reconstruction of linguistic systems; the social context of language change.