This course provides an introduction to the study of the Indo-European language family form both a historical and a comparative perspective. The emphasis will be on the phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary of the earliest representatives (Ancient Greek, Latin, Vedic Sanskrit, Hittite, Old Irish, Old English, etc.) and what they have to tell us about Proto-Indo-European and the culture of the speakers of this reconstructed “mother tongue.”
Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30-9:50am
