Introduction to Indo-European Comparative Studies

Teacher(s)

Mathys Audrey;

Language

French
> English-friendly

Prerequisites

None

Main themes

Historical, encyclopaedic and critical methodological introduction to Indo-European comparative studies, considered from a linguistic perspective (definition and overview of the major languages families; presentation of theories and basics of typology, dialectology, areal and genetic comparison, reconstruction and language evolution, phonetics / phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax, applied to Indo-European languages) as well as from a cultural perspective (basics of comparative mythology in particular).

Content

The class will be comprised of two parts:
- introduction to diachronic and comparative linguistics (history, methods, case studies, limits);
- presentation of the individual branches of the Indo-European language family.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Evaluation methods

Written examination

Other information

Facilities also offered in Spanish and German.

Online resources

The online working tools related to the course are provided to the students directly or via Moodle.

Bibliography

Une bibliographie d'orientation sera présentée en cours.
Les étudiants peuvent consulter l'ouvrage suivant:
Fortson, Benjamin W. 2010. Indo-European language and culture : an introduction. Wiley-Blackwell.

Faculty or entity

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