[Histling-l] Specialized course offerings in historical linguistics
Joseph, Brian
joseph.1 at osu.edu
Thu Jan 25 14:00:26 EST 2018
Coming in on this a bit late, let me mention what we do at (The) Ohio State University -- as far as Joe's specific question about specialized historical linguistics classes, we have regular, on-the-books, advanced courses in historical phonology and historical morphology, and this year for the first time our still-new colleague Ashwini Deo is offering a course on semantic change that is likely to be a regular offering too. But even the historical phonology and morphology classes are offered only every other year (and for reasons of staffing the historical phonology class has not been offered for a couple of years but is likely to be offered next year). We have a regular grad-level offering on language contact that is certainly relevant to the historical enterprise in the department.
Other specialized topics, like the history of particular languages (e.g. Greek, to take an arbitrary language) or language families (e.g. Indo-European), are done essentially as "topics" courses.
These more advanced and specialized classes are in addition to a low-level (undergrad-only) and an upper-level (undergrad majors and grad students) introduction to historical linguistics.
I'd be interested in a summary if it isn't too much work, Joe. Where historical linguistics fits in with the visibility and profile of departments is an important matter for us to consider.
--Brian
On 1/25/18, 12:58 PM, "histling-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu on behalf of Joe Salmons" <histling-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu on behalf of jsalmons at wisc.edu> wrote:
Thanks for all the responses, to the list and directly to me. If there’s interest, I’m happy to post a summary, at least in general terms.
Joe
> On Jan 25, 2018, at 11:14 AM, Johanna Barddal <Johanna.Barddal at ugent.be> wrote:
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> Regarding your question about "specialized" historical linguistics courses, I know that the University of Iceland offers regular courses on Historical Phonology, Historical Morphology and Historical Syntax at the graduate level.
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> Jóhanna
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> Department of Linguistics
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> From: histling-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu <histling-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Joe Salmons <jsalmons at wisc.edu>
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> Folks,
> I wonder how many departments or programs regularly offer specialized courses in historical linguistics, especially listed as such in course catalogs … historical syntax, historical phonology/sound change, historical sociolinguistics, etc. Is it more common to do these as ‘topics’ courses? It’s in part a question about the visibility and profile of historical linguistics in departments and programs.
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> Thanks, Joe
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