Course Description
The positions of Greek and Latin within the Indo-European language family with special attention to the phonological evolution of both Greek and Latin from Proto-Indo-European.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be required to write a paper on some aspect of Greek and/or Latin grammar from a historical-comparative perspective.
Athena Title
Comp Grammar Greek and Latin
Prerequisite
LATN 2001 or GREK 2001 or GREK 2001W or GREK 2003 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will learn the position of Greek and Latin within the Indo-European Languages Family and the relationship of these languages to each other. Students will then learn how to interpret in grammatical and phonological terms the forms of Greek and Latin and the rules governing the derivation of Greek and Latin forms from Proto-Indo-European, the common language underlying each. Students will engage in critical analysis of the linguistic evidence for the evolution of the Greek and Latin languages and will develop writing skills appropriate to the disciplines of classics and linguistics through frequent writing exercises. After completing this course, students will possess the knowledge required to interpret the focus of Greek and Latin relative to each other and to derive these forms historically from Proto-Indo-European, the common language underlying each.
Topical Outline
I. Indo-European language Family II. The Phonology of Proto-Indo-European III. Ablaut and the Laryngeal Theory IV. The Phonological Structure of Greek and Latin V. Historical Phonology of Greek and Latin
Syllabus