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LING 404 -  Historical Linguistics

Fall (3) Lundenf Prerequisite(s): ENGL 220 / ANTH 204  and ENGL 307. (GER 3)

A study of the kinds of change which languages may undergo. Covers the nature and motivation of linguistic evolution, and the methods by which unattested early stages of known languages may be reconstructed. (Cross listed with ANTH 411 )