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
Prerequisites (description)
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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 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.
During the coursework, students may use AI models and tools, e.g. for collecting materials, searching them, compiling research status or creating bibliographies. However, the use of generative AI for interpretative purposes, for the creation of a written statement or for the development of text passages is excluded.
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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