[Histling-l] Specialized course offerings in historical linguistics

[Lauersdorf, Mark]

Hi Joe,

Kentucky has:

In the Linguistics Department:
- at the lower BA level:
.....History of the English Language (for non-specialists).

- at the advanced BA/introductory MA level:
.....Historical Linguistics .
.....Language Contact (which is historically oriented).

- at the more advanced MA level:
.....Historical Sociolinguistics.
.....Advanced Historical Linguistics (rotating topics).

- an occasional course in "writing systems", "Indo-European", or focused investigation on the history of individual languages or language families under an "open topic" course number, so *not* immediately visible in our catalog of courses as contributing to a "historical linguistics profile".

In the English Department:
- at the advanced BA/introductory MA level:
.....Introduction to Old English.
.....Advanced History of the English Language.

Interesting question and an interesting range of responses so far.

Mark



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From: 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.

Thanks,
Joe