Linguistic Diversity, Language Evolution, and the Prehistory of Languages
Activity: Talk or presentation › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Details
Title | Linguistic Diversity, Language Evolution, and the Prehistory of Languages |
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Description | This lecture series will discuss the principles of language evolution and change. Lectures will cover issues relating to principles of language change, such as analogy, sound change, and change in morphology, syntax and semantics. Further, causalities of change as well as the outcome of change will be central parts in the lectures. The theories, methods and models for classifying languages and reconstructing principles of change and their outcome will be discussed in detail. |
Date/period | 2018 Nov 5 → 2018 Nov 10 |
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2018 Nov 5 → 2018 Nov 10
External organisation (University)
Name | Hunan University |
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City | Changsha |
Country | China |