Universität Wien

160089 VO Theory and method of reconstruction (2010S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musik-, Sprach- und Vergleichende Literaturwisse

Voraussetzung: Begleitender Besuch des Proseminars von Dr. Griffith.

Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 10.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 17.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 24.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 14.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 21.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 28.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 05.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 12.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 19.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 26.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 02.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 09.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 16.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 23.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 30.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Since the beginnings of systematic research in linguistics, the genealogical model of language relationship has been the most successful explanatory device for the assessment of language diversity, and has been at the same time an indispensable methodological of linguistic reconstruction methodology. However, in recent theories of language change, emphasis is also put on diffusion as an important factor.
In this lecture, which is accompanied by a reading course, the theory and method of linguistic reconstruction will be portrayed in its historical development, from the nineteenth-century evolutionist approach upt to recent critical assessments.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam at the end of the term.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The major goal of this lecture is to endow students with a critical understanding of one of the central issues in historical and comparative linguistics.

Examination topics

Oral presentation accompanied by spreadsheets and e-learning devices.

Reading list

Zur vorbereitenden Lektüre werden forlgende Werke empfohlen:
Anthony Fox, Linguistic reconstruction. An introduction to theory and method. Oxford etc., Oxford University Press, 1995.
Hans H. Hock / Brian D. Joseph, Language history, language change, and language relationship. An introduction to historical and comparative linguistics. Berlin / New York, Mouton de Gruyter, 2nd revised edition, 2009 (Part VI: Language relationship = chapters 16-18, pp. 425-509).
Empfehlungen zur begleitenden Lektüre werden während der Lehrveranstaltung in elektronischer Form erteilt.

Association in the course directory

Code alter Studienplan: 803

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