SAST 333 - Topics in Dravidian Linguistics

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Staff. This course is for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. After an overview of the Dravidian family as a whole (languages, speakers, history of research), followed by a general structural description of a particular modern Dravidian language (such as Tamil or Kannada), the course will focus on grammaticalization. After a review of the literature on how grammatical change takes place, the topic will narrow in on recent kinds of grammaticalization in Tamil. Students will write a paper on a topic of their own theoretical interest, using data from a selected Dravidian language. Non-South-Asia Majors may write about grammaticalization in another language oftheir choice.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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