Linguistics

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Glottology, that complete and/or reinforce those acquired in the first grade of studies. Moreover, it will make the students able to approach orginal themes in a research context, making more complex judgments, communicating knowledge and its process, and studying the subject in an independent and self-educational way. In particular, the course aims at providing students with a diachronic methodology in order to have a critical mind in analyzing bibliography concerning issues and problems of historical linguistics, with special reference to ancient Indo-European languages.