Carleton University · LING 4802

Historical Linguistics: English

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

A theory-intensive course that will study the development of English starting with Proto-Indo-European progressing through Common Germanic to the stages of English itself. Topics include phonological sound changes, phonemic inventories, and morphological and syntactic typology.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): LING 2005 and LING 2007 , and one of LING 3005 , LING 3810 or LING 3811 .

Conditions and arrangements

  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for LING 4101 (no longer offered).
  • Prerequisite(s): LING 2005 and LING 2007 , and one of LING 3005 , LING 3810 or LING 3811 .
  • Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as LING 5802 , ENGL 5101 , for which additional credit is precluded.
  • Seminars three hours a week.
Reference text in its original language

A theory-intensive course that will study the development of English starting with Proto-Indo-European progressing through Common Germanic to the stages of English itself. Topics include phonological sound changes, phonemic inventories, and morphological and syntactic typology.

  • Prerequisite(s): LING 2005 and LING 2007 , and one of LING 3005 , LING 3810 or LING 3811 .
  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for LING 4101 (no longer offered).
  • Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as LING 5802 , ENGL 5101 , for which additional credit is precluded.
  • Seminars three hours a week.

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