Admission requirements
Greek Historical Grammar I, or an equivalent course treating the Historical Phonology of Ancient Greek
Description
The course starts with an overview of the historical morphology of Ancient Greek: the origins of the different types of nominal inflection, the prehistory of the pronouns, the history of the verbal system with its tense/aspect distinctions, moods and personal endings. We will also pay attention to nominal and verbal word-formation (derivation). Emphasis is on the morphological categories of Homeric and Ionic-Attic Greek, but other dialects (including Mycenaean) are also taken into consideration.
The course also gives an introduction to the meter and language of Homer’s Iliad. We will read appr. 100 lines during class, paying attention not only to historical morphology, but also to linguistic differences between Homeric and later Attic Greek. Moreover, in preparation for the exam, students prepare an additional 200 lines by themselves.
Course objectives
Knowledge of the morphological categories of Ancient Greek and of their diachronic developments, including internal variation in time and space (dialects)
Knowledge of reconstructed morphological developments, leading from PIE to the attested categories of Ancient Greek
Knowledge of Homeric metrics and grammar
Ability to translate Homeric Greek
Timetable
The timetable is available on the MA Linguistics website
Mode of instruction
Lecture/Seminar
Course Load
Total course load: 5 EC x 28 hours = 140 hours
Lectures/tutoring: 13x2 = 26 hours
Preparation tutorials: 13x3 = 39 hours
Study of compulsory literature: 13x2 = 26 hours
Preparation exam: 45 hours (includes translating the remainder of Homeric pensum)
Exam(s): 4 hours
Assessment method
Assessment
Written examination with short open questions
Weighing
Written examination with short open questions: 100%
Resit
There will be a resit.
Exam review
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:
Sharing course handouts and other study materials
Communicating homework
Reading list
- Course Handouts
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available in English.
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