Diachronic Linguistics 340-AS2-2DS

1. Students know the basic terms and research methods used in diachronic linguistics.
2. Students have a systematized knowledge concerning types of language change and etymological analysis.
3. Students are able to use the terminology established in diachronic linguistics.
4. Students are able to conduct etymological analysis of selected lexemes using historical dictionaries.
5. Students are able to use their knowledge in diachronic linguistics in their professional careers (e.g. as teachers of English or translators)

written test

1. Steponavicius A. 2006. Diachronic Linguistics and Etymology. Białystok: Wydawnictwo UwB
2. Sergei Grinev-Griniewicz, Tatiana Skopiuk, Elwira Sorokina, Patricia Thomas. 2015. Foundations of Anthropolinguistics: Establishing lexical premises for exploring evolution of human mentality. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.
3. Baugh, A. and T. Cable, 1978. A History of the English Language. London: Routledge
4. Beekes, R. 1995. Comparative Indo-European Linguistics. An Introduction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia” John Benjamins.
5. Cowdrey, Terry. 1998. An Introduction to Historical Linguistics. Auckland: OUP.
6. Malkiel. Y. 1993. Etymology. Cambridge: CUP.
7. Mallory J.P. and Adams D.Q. 2007. The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World.

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