18.958, Qs: Origin of the Definite Article; Teaching an Online Ling Course

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Subject: 18.958, Qs: Origin of the Definite Article; Teaching an Online Ling Course

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Date: 27-Mar-2007
From: Marie-Lucie Tarpent < marie-lucie.tarpent at msvu.ca >
Subject: Origin of the Definite Article 

2)
Date: 27-Mar-2007
From: Pat Hurley < phurley at hawaii.edu >
Subject: Teaching Intro to Linguistics as an Online Course

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-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:48:53
From: Marie-Lucie Tarpent < marie-lucie.tarpent at msvu.ca >
Subject: Origin of the Definite Article 
 

Following a recent discussion on the Language Hat website
(www.languagehat.com), I wonder if someone could recommend sources dealing
with the origin of Romance and Balkan definite articles, or of articles in
general.  For instance, a Greek influence was suggested for the Latin
evolution from the ill- demonstrative pronouns to the Romance definite
articles, and also for the postposition of these articles in Romanian, a
feature also shared with other languages of the area.  The discussants
(including myself) were not linguistically naive, but neither were they
specialists, hence this request.    

Thank you in advance,

Marie-Lucie Tarpent
Deparment of Modern Languages
Mount Saint Vincent University
Halifax, N.S. B3M 2J6  Canada 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics



	
-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:49:48
From: Pat Hurley < phurley at hawaii.edu >
Subject: Teaching Intro to Linguistics as an Online Course 

	

I will be offering an introduction to linguistics course wholly online for
the first time this fall. I am interested in talking with others who have
either taught online and/or who are interested in teaching online. 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     General Linguistics


 



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