LING 3460 — Historical Linguistics
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: falltypical days: T/FBostonTraditional
Introduces diachronic linguistics, the study of language change over time. Surveys common changes in the areas of sound systems, word and sentence structure, and semantic meaning. Introduces methodologies to access earlier stages of language, including the comparative method and internal reconstruction. Other topics include linguistic borrowing, analogical change, linguistic paleontology, and areal diffusion.
Prerequisites
- LING 2350 (min D-)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 89% | 2.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 47% | 10.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 65%
Common patterns: TF (65% of sections), T (35% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Adam Cooper (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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