LING 112 - aG Historical Linguistics

Institution:

Yale University

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Stanley Insler. mw1-2.15 Hu (36) Types of change that a language undergoes over time: sound change, analogy, syntactic and semantic change, borrowing. Techniques for recovering earlier linguistic stages: philology, internal reconstruction, the comparative method. Language change and linguistic theory. The role of language contact in language change. Linguistics 431

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.yale.edu

Phone Number:

(203) 432-4771

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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