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Comparative Literature and Culture 150F/G The Languages of Europe

A linguistic survey of Western and Eastern Europe with emphasis on the principal structural features of the contemporary languages and the main lines of their historical and cultural development. Among the issues discussed: language vs dialect, language classification and typology, the development of writing systems. No previous training in linguistics required.

3 lecture hours, half course.


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