Admission requirements
Previous knowledge of Indo-European linguistics and reading proficiency in German and French.
Description
In this course we will be concerned with the methodology and results of reconstructing Indo-European verbal morphology. Some of the questions to be answered are: Which tenses and moods must be reconstructed for the proto-language? How do the tenses relate to each other? How many sets of endings can be reconstructed? How precisely can we reconstruct Proto-Indo-European paradigms? How old is the augment? Can the Anatolian and Tocharian verbal systems be derived from the Graeco-Aryan verbal system?
The focus will be on methodological issues, on reconstructing bottom-up, starting from the attested forms in the major Indo-European languages.
Course objectives
At the end of the course, participants will be familiar with many aspects of state-of-the-art research into Indo-European verbal morphology and the dominant theories in the field. They will have developed the skills to critically assess scholarly literature on the subject of Indo-European verbal morphology.
Timetable
The timetable is available on the MA Linguistics website
Mode of instruction
- Lectures and seminars.
Course Load
Contact hours (lectures, seminars): 26 hours
Weekly preparations and homework: 52 hours
Assignments, incl. final paper: 202 hours
Assessment method
Assessment
The final grade will be awarded on the basis of a number of assignments during and at the end of the course, incl. a final paper. How these are weighed will be announced at the beginning of the course.
Resit
Resit: students who fail a course paper are allowed to resubmit their improved paper once. Papers handed in after the deadline will not be graded and cannot be resat. Presentations cannot be resat.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used for:
- communication with the students
Reading list
The booktitles and / or syllabi to be used in the course, where it can be purchased and how this literature should be studied beforehand.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available on the website
Students other than MA Linguistics need permission from the coordinator of studies before enrolling.
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Not applicable
Contact
Please contact Student administration van Eyckhof for questions.
The coordinator of studies is Else van Dijk
Remarks
All other information.