Postgraduate Course: Diachronic Linguistics (LASC11010)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Detailed introduction to descriptive and theoretical aspects of historical linguistics, covering phonetic, phonological, morphological and syntactic change from a crosslinguistic perspective. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 33,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
162 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1 essay (100%)
Assessment Deadline: Thursday 12th May, 12 noon
Page Limit: 11-15 pages not counting references or appendix
Format: Font 12, double spacing
Return Date: 3rd June |
| Feedback |
Two 1:1 sessions, 2-3 weeks prior to assessment deadline, with each student to discuss topic, outline and reading of essay. There will be an opportunity to discuss the pre-final version of the essay with the lecturer prior to submission.
Comments provided on submitted assessments |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- describe and recognise common types of linguistic change
- accurately describe and analyse primary data
- show a systematic knowledge and understanding of current developments in the field
- identify and solve problems; to independently formulate and test hypotheses
- evaluate competing theoretical interpretations of primary data and critically evaluate advanced scholarship in diachronic linguistics
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Reading List
Heine, Bernd & Tania Kuteva (2005). Language Contact and Grammatical Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kusters, C.Wouter (2003). Linguistic complexity: The influence of social change on verbal inflection. Utrecht: LOT.
McWorther, John H. (2001a). The world¿s simplest grammars are creole grammars. Linguistic Typology, 5, 125-166.
McWorther, John H. (2001b). The power of Babel: A natural history of language (Chapter 5). Londen: Heinemann.
Nichols, Johanna (1992). Linguistic diversity in time and space. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Trudgill, Peter (2001). Contact and simplification: Historical baggage and directionality in linguistic change. Linguistic Typology, 5, 371-374.
Trudgill, Peter (2010). Contact and Sociolinguistic Typology. In: The Handbook of Linguistic Contact, ed. by Raymond Hickey. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Attend all lectures as scheduled |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Bettelou Los
Tel: (0131 6)51 1842
Email: blos@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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