Postgraduate Course: Diachronic Linguistics (LASC11010)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| 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 |
Course Outline:
1 Lexical and Semantic Change
2 Sound change
3 Morphological change
4 Grammaticalization
5 Word Order Change
7 Language Contact and convergence
8 Language Birth
8 Language shift and death
9 Language variation and change
Discussion of topics for essays
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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 2019/20, 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 18,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
166 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One take-home written exercise (50%)
Two hour written examination (50%) |
| Feedback |
Class discussion of topics; optional one-to-one feedback on pre-final version of essay |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Diachronic Linguistics (LASC11010) | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate core skills in linguistics, including the ability to interpret linguistic data at the various levels of linguistic description
- understand and articulate key concepts and debates in historical linguistics
- evaluate critically arguments and positions in ongoing debates in the literature
- write a clear, reader-friendly, well-structured essay, taking up and arguing a position based on argumentation in the literature on a central topic in historical linguistics
- provide a clear logical argument
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Reading List
Bynon, Th. 1977. Historical Linguistics (Cambridge textbooks in Linguistics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Campbell, L. 2004, 2013. Historical Linguistics: An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 2nd or 3rd edition.
Kroch, A.S. 1989. Reflexes of grammar in patterns of language change. Language Variation and Change 1, 199-244.
McMahon, A. 1994. Understanding Language Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Thomason, S. G. 2001. Language Contact: An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Ability to analyse linguistic data, evaluate claims, and provide logical argumentation
Ability to write well-structured, reader-friendly texts
Ability to articulate and defend positions in a linguistic debate |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Attend all lectures as scheduled |
| Keywords | language change,historical linguistics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Bettelou Los
Tel: (0131 6)51 1842
Email: B.Los@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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