Monographic lecture

The lecture offers an overview of the field of historical linguistics with special emphasis on theories of sound change.

 

files to download:  

       

  sample exam sample exam


 

reading list reading list     a list of articles/books that the lecture is largely based on.

 

LECTURE HANDOUTS

 

L4 2008 Lecture 4

L5-2008 Lecture 5

Lecture 6 Lecture 6

Lecture 7 Lecture 7

 

 

 

2nd year MA reading: (choose three papers from the list)

 

1) Diachronic phonology by Ricardo Bermudez-Otero pdf pdf

2) Phonologization by Larry Hyman pdf pdf

3) The phonetics of sound change by John Ohala pdf pdf

4) Phonological change in optimality theory by Ricardo Bermudez-Otero pdf pdf

5) Social structure and Language change by Peter Trudgill pdf pdf