| Course title |
Variability of languages in time and space |
| Course instructors |
Anna Nedoluzhko, Magda Ševčíková, Šárka Zikánová |
| Course description |
The course provides students with basic information about the diversity of natural languages around the globe and the main dimensions along which they differ. |
| Course objectives |
- to understand basic linguistic notions needed for analyzing language variance on different levels of language description
- to distinguish language types according to different typological criteria such as morphology and word order
- to identify main types of writing systems
- to understand the main principles of phonological, morphological and syntactic language changes from the diachronic point of view
- to analyze implications of language diversity for contemporary language technology
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| Topics covered |
- Languages around the world
- Linguistic sign, language system
- Grammar, lexicon, and word formation
- Word formation across languages
- Linguistic typology of grammar: Morphology
- Linguistic typology of grammar: Syntax
- Writing systems around the world
- Linguistic typology of grammar: Phonology
- Influence of Diachronic Language Processes on the Language Variability
- Diachronic Changes in Languages
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| Level |
Introductory |
| Modality |
Presentations and recorded presentations, accompanied by recommended additional reading and interspersed with interactive quizzes and other types of activities. |
| Time commitment |
80 hrs |
| ECTS |
3 |
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