Instructor:
Andrew Corin
Kinsey 115H (310) 825-8123
Office Hour:
Friday, 10:00-10:45 a.m. and by appointment
This course is
intended for graduate students in Slavic and general
linguistics. The content of this course will
be essential linguistic facts and developmental tendencies
which define the South Slavic languages as a group,
as a western and eastern subgroup, and as individual
languages. To the extent possible we will also attempt
to define major unresolved issues concerning the structure,
history and typology of these languages and groups of
languages, as well as topics which have not yet been
the object of systematic study. The goal of the
course will be to familiarize students with the field
of South Slavic linguistics sufficiently so that they
can utilize the literature concerning these languages
or pursue research of their own into the South Slavic
languages. It is hoped that students will utilize this
course to help define their initial individual research
interests.
The course is
not envisioned as an introduction especially to the
history of the South Slavic languages. However, given
the limited time available to us, for a majority of
topics we will follow the development of systems through
time under the assumption that diachrony, as well as
being interesting in its own right, presents an efficient
method for elucidating the relationships between contemporary
systems.
Oral Presentation:
Each
student will prepare an oral presentation of approximately
15 minutes on a topic to be decided upon in consultation
with the instructor. The purpose of the presentation
will be to encourage students to explore the literature
on topics in South Slavic linguistics, to familiarize
themselves with the state of knowledge on these topics,
and to acquaint the remaining students with their chosen
topics. It is expected that students will concentrate
on topics and issues which have not been discussed at
length in class.
Final Examination:
The
final examination will be of the take-home variety and
will consist of: 1) identifications; 2) problem sets;
3) an essay in which students will be asked to comment
on one of the major areas of structure which unites
or divides the South Slavic languages, or on an issue
which helps to define the place of the South Slavic
languages within the Slavic language family
TOPICS
(Each topic
will require approximately one week)
1.
Defining the object of study: South Slavic dialect geography
2. Orthographies and phonologies of standard languages
3. Slovene and Serbo-Croatian historical phonology
4. Bulgarian and Macedonian historical phonology
5. Slovene and Serbo-Croatian historical morphology
6. Bulgarian and Macedonian historical morphology
7. Slovene and Serbo-Croatian historical syntax
8. Bulgarian and Macedonian historical syntax
9. Historical prosody of the South Slavic languages
10. Review and presentations
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