[Linganth] online linguistics classes

[Leavitt John]

I endorse Bruce's suggestions but would add Antoine Meillet, The Comparative Method in Historical Linguistics. It dates from 1925, but it's really clear and sane.

As far as I know, there are no online courses in historical linguistics. Precious few off-line courses either.

John


On 2020-06-19, 5:37 PM, "Linganth on behalf of Bruce Mannheim" <linganth-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org on behalf of mannheim at umich.edu> wrote:

    I recommend Ben Fortsoen's text, Indo-European language and culture
    (Wiley, 2009).  It's pedagogically strong and accessible to advanced
    undergrads--but the student sounds precocious, so it might do the
    trick.   Starting from archaeology, but with a fairly sophisticated
    grasp of the linguistics of Indo-European (these are two areas that
    rarely get put together successfully), I recommend David Anthony's
    *very readable* The horse, the wheel, and language. How bronze-age
    riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world.
    
    Bruce
    
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    On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 4:25 PM Perry Sherouse <perrymws at umich.edu> wrote:
    >
    > If the student is interested in early Indo-European languages, might want to check out the resources and freely available materials here:
    > https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol
    >
    > External links point to relevant study programs.
    >
    > On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 1:36 PM Elise Berman <eberman at uncc.edu> wrote:
    >>
    >> Dear all,
    >>
    >> A high school student I know is interested in auditing a class on linguistics, with particular interest in Proto-indo-European (so more formal/historical linguistics). Does anyone know of online auditing classes, or non-auditing, available for such students?
    >>
    >> Many thanks,
    >> Elise
    >> --
    >> Elise Berman
    >> Assistant Professor
    >> Department of Anthropology
    >> UNC Charlotte
    >> https://clas-pages.uncc.edu/elise-berman/
    >>
    >> Talking Like Children: Language and the Production of Age in the Marshall Islands. Oxford University Press
    >>
    >> Force Signs: Ideologies of Corporal Discipline in Academia and the Marshall Islands
    >> https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jola.12175
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