? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : PPL-3-CHL-LI

Detailed introduction to comparative historical linguistics, covering: current and traditional views of internal and comparative reconstruction; Indo-European phonology and morphology; and issues and concepts in historical linguistic classification (language families, including macro-families).

? Pre-requisites : English Language 2 (EN0003) or equivalent.

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

To know, describe and recognise common processes of historical linguistic reconstruction; to understand current and traditional issues relating to these; to accurately describe and analyse primary data; to reason critically; to identify and solve problems; to independently formulate and test hypotheses.

2 takehome written exercises (20%)
1 two hour written examination (80%)

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST May 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mr Brian Carral
Tel : (0131 6)50 9327
Email : brian.carral@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Ronnie Cann
Tel : (0131 6)51 1839
Email : r.cann@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/

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