Admission requirements
Students must have knowledge of Hittite.
Description
The Anatolian language branch (to which, among others, Hittite, Palaic, Cuneiform-Luwian, Hierogrlyphic Luwian, Lycian, Lydian and Carian belong) occupies a special place within the study of Indo-European, because it has retained many archaic characteristics.
In this course, we will extensively treat the linguistic analysis of Hittite and its affiliation to the other Anatolian languages (especially Cuneiform Luwian, Hieroglyphic Luwian and Lycian), as well as the significance of Anatolian for the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European.
Course objectives
1) Students have knowledge of the most important aspects of the linguistic prehistory of Hittite and the other Anatolian languages;
2) Students are able to independently interpret and contextualise scholarly literature on this topic.
Timetable
See Timetable Classics and Ancient Civilizations: Assyriology
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Reading list
Course Load
time spent on attending seminars: 26 hours
time preparation of the classes: 49 hours
time for the reading list: 60 hours
time to prepare for the final paper: 145 hours
Assessment Method
Final paper 100%
Blackboard
This course is not supported by Blackboard.
Reading list
Reader (available from the lecturer)
A reading list will be provided at the beginning of the course.
Registration
Students should register through uSis. If you have any questions, please contact the departmental office, tel. 071 5272144 or mail: ma-linguistics@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Registration Studeren à la carte
Registration Contractonderwijs
Contact
MA Linguistics departmental office, P.N. van Eyckhof 4, room 102C. Tel. 071 5272144; mail:ma-linguistics@hum.leidenuniv.nl