Historical-comparative linguistics 3020-BA2JHP
The following topics will be covered in this class:
- The emergence of historical-comparative linguistics. Its development. The main representatives and their works with particular emphasis on the study of Baltic languages (also with reference to Germanic and Slavic languages).
- A description of the fundamental achievements of historical-comparative linguistics, including, inter alia, the reconstruction of the Praindo-European language, voice laws, analogy, apophony, internal reconstruction, external reconstruction, gene tree theory, wave theory, laryngal theory, etc.
- Indo-European languages. The disintegration of Indo-European unity: satem and kentum. Families and groups of Indo-European languages. Expansion of Indo-European languages around the world.
- The distinction between historical-comparative linguistics and linguistic typology.
- Basic terminology found in historical-comparative studies.
Type of course
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Learning outcomes
On completion of the course the student
KNOWLEDGE
– understands a number of key notions of historical linguistics, such as sound law, internal reconstruction, reanalysis, grammaticalization etc.
SKILLS
– is able to identify the more obvious instances of operation of diachronic processes in his/her native language and in the Baltic languages.
AWARENESS
– is aware of the connections of linguistics not only with the cognitive sciences, but also with historical sciences.
Assessment criteria
Assessment based on attendance and activity in class and a final written test (closed and open questions).
Students are allowed two absences per semester, each subsequent absence must be credited in a manner agreed in advance with the instructor.
Practical placement
none
Bibliography
James Clackson, Indo-European Linguistics. An Introduction, Cambridge: University Press, 2007, rozdiały 1,2
I. Wischer. Grammaticalization. In: Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics.
J. Bouma, Sound laws, In:Robert Stephen Paul Beekes (2011). Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction. (Second edition). John Benjamins Publishing Company. (https://archive.org/details/ComparativeIndoEuropeanLinguistics)
Leszek Bednarczuk (red.) (1986). Języki indoeuropejskie. Tom 1. i 2. Warszawa: PWN. (strony: tom 1.: Leszek Bednarczuk, Wprowadzenie: 19-49, tom 2.: Wojciech Smoczyński, Języki bałtyckie: 817-905).
James Clackson (2007). Indo-European Linguistics. An Introduction. New York: Cambridge University Press. (http://caio.ueberalles.net/Indo-European-Linguistics-Introduction/Indo-European%20Linguistics%20-%20James%20Clackson.pdf)
Benjamin W. IV Fortson (2004/2010). Indo-European Language and Culture. An Introduction (2nd Edition). Blackwell Publishing Ltd. (strony: 1-15, 364-389). (http://caio.ueberalles.net/Indo-European-Linguistics-Introduction/Indo-European%20Language%20and%20Culture%20-%20Benjamin%20W.%20Fortson%20IV.pdf )
Adam Heinz (1978). Dzieje językoznawstwa w zarysie. Warszawa: PWN. (strony 122-142, 152-164, 170-205, 438-442).
Kazimierz Polański (red.) (1999). Encyklopedia językoznawstwa ogólnego. Wrocław – Warszawa – Kraków: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich
Wojciech Smoczyński (2007). Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego. Wilno: Vilniaus universitetas. (strony XXI–XXVII)
Adam Weinsberg (1983). Językoznawstwo ogólne. Warszawa: PWN. (strony 72-106).
Eva Tichy (2009). Indogermanistisches Grundwissen für Studierende sprachwissenschaftlicher Disziplinen. Bremen: Ute Hempen Verlag.
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics.
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