Language and Historical Linguistics: An Introduction
Instructor: Ben Blaney
Location: Northeast Harbor Library
Course Meets: Thursdays, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Course Size: 5-16 Students
Starts: January 22
Ends: March 5
Description: The course will cover the nature of language and languages (mostly Indo-European), how languages work (the sound system, morphological system, lexicon, and syntax), language change, types of changes, the Indo-European family of languages, regional and social variations and etymology.