Historical Linguistics 3130 A

Introduction to current issues in historical linguistics

The next section of the course will be concerned with models of language change and explanation. Today's class was an introduction to current issues in the field of historical linguistics.

The lecture today was meant to introduce you to the issues discussed in Lyle Campbell's "State of the Art" paper, which he presented at the International Congress of Linguists in 2003. (The original is on his website, but the version here has the phonetic fornts included in the file.) You should read this before the next two weeks of classes.