Typology I: Languages of the World (SS 16)
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Course Description
The course gives an introduction into the diversity of the languages of the world, their geographical distribution, genetical relationships, and their typological similarities and differences. The goal of the course is to give a general impression of the linguistic diversity across the world, but also to discuss approaches to classify languages according to their historical relationships or similarities in grammar. In the main part of the course, you will get to know a variety of recurrent cross-linguistic patterns, many of which can be cast into typological universals. In the accompanying exercises, you will learn to apply typological methods and concepts to data from unfamiliar languages.
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- The results of the final exam are now available!
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Course Schedule
| # | Date | Topic | Materials | Links/Literature | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 13.04.2016 | Languages & Language Families | Slides | Glottolog (Language Catalogue) | Exercises 1(Solution) |
| 02 | 20.04.2016 | Methods of Historical Linguistics | Slides | Exercises 2 (Solution) | |
| 03 | 27.04.2016 | Phonological Typology | Slides | UCLA Phonetics Lab: Story in !Xóõ | Exercises 3 (Solution) |
| 04 | 04.05.2016 | Morphological Typology | Slides | Exercises 4 (Solution) | |
| 05 | 11.05.2016 | Linguistic Universals & Word Order | Slides | Exercises 5 (Solution) | |
| 18.05.2015 | (No Lecture - Pentecost Holidays) | ||||
| 06 | 25.05.2016 | Lexical Typology | Slides | Exercises 6 (Solution) | |
| 01.06.2016 | Midterm Exam | RESULTS | Demo exam (Section 6 not relevant) | ||
| 07 | 08.06.2016 | Case Marking Systems | Slides | Exercises 7 (Solution) | |
| 08 | 15.06.2016 | Nominal Categories | Slides | Exercises 8 (Solution) | |
| 09 | 22.06.2016 | Verbal Categories | Slides | Exercises 9 (Solution) | |
| 10 | 29.06.2016 | Head, Dependent, and Argument Marking | Slides | Exercises 10 (Solution) | |
| 11 | 06.07.2016 | Quantitative Typology | Slides | Exercises 11 (Solution) | |
| 12 | 13.07.2016 | Explanations of Linguistic Diversity | Slides | ||
| 20.07.2016 | Final Exam | RESULTS |