Dr P. J. Barber ; Tuesday, Thursday 12 Wks 1-6 ; Examination Schools
These are the core lectures for Classical Moderations (and joint schools) special subject in Comparative Philology and for Literae Humaniores Paper V4 (the morphology course will be completed in weeks 1-4 of Trinity Term). They will be repeated next year. These informal lectures aim to introduce first-year undergraduates and other interested persons to the detailed history of Greek and Latin and to the grammar of their reconstructed ancestor, Indo-European; they also serve as an introduction to Indo- European and to the methods and aims of reconstruction. Basic knowledge of the two classical languages is helpful but not necessary and those taking Mods IB, IIA, or IIB are at no disadvantage.
There will be a large number of handouts and students will be encouraged, if they so wish, to do some elementary exercises; these are distributed at the end of each lecture and offer an opportunity for practice and reinforcement of new material and concepts. The Phonology course covers all the sounds reconstructed for the parent language and the rules of derivation, ending with the Laryngeal theory. The Morphology part will begin at the end of term with the declension of nouns.
Dr W. de Melo ; Tuesday, Thursday 12 Wks 7-8 ; Examination Schools
These are the core lectures for Classical Moderations (and joint schools) special subject in Comparative Philology and for Literae Humaniores Paper V4 (the morphology course will be completed in weeks 1-4 of Trinity Term). They will be repeated next year.
These informal lectures aim to introduce first-year undergraduates and other interested persons to the detailed history of Greek and Latin and to the grammar of their reconstructed ancestor, Indo-European; they also serve as an introduction to Indo- European and to the methods and aims of reconstruction. Basic knowledge of the two classical languages is helpful but not necessary and those taking Mods IB, IIA, or IIB are at no disadvantage.
There will be a large number of handouts and students will be encouraged, if they so wish, to do some elementary exercises; these are distributed at the end of each lecture and offer an opportunity for practice and reinforcement of new material and concepts. The Phonology course covers all the sounds reconstructed for the parent language and the rules of derivation, ending with the Laryngeal theory. The Morphology part will begin at the end of term with the declension of nouns.
Dr P. Probert ; Friday 2-3:30 Wks 2-3 ; Examination Schools
Mr A Vatri ; Thursday 2:15-4 Wks 1-6 ; Examination Schools
Six sessions aimed at those intending to take the paper on Greek Historical Linguistics in Greats (paper V.1) or the equivalent paper in any of the joint schools including Classics. Other interested people (graduates and undergraduates) are welcome. Some basic knowledge of Greek is required. The class will be repeated next year.
The class will discuss the dialects of Greek poetry and in particular of Alcman, Sappho and Alcaeus, Corinna, and Pindar, through reading and close linguistic analysis of a selection of poems. How do the literary dialects of these authors relate to the epigraphically-attested (or 'real') dialects they might have spoken, and what other elements do they contain?
How might the transmission of the texts have affected the dialectal composition of the poems as we know them?
Dr P. Probert ; Wednesday 2:15-4 Wks 1-6 ; Centre for Linguistics and Philology
Oscan and Umbrian are two of the better-understood languages of ancient Italy, quite closely related to Latin but strikingly different in many respects; they are of central importance for the reconstruction of the Italic branch of Indo-European. In addition the texts provide essential material for the study of Pre-Roman Italy. In this class, a selection of Oscan inscriptions will be read, together with some passages from the Iguvine Tables (in Umbrian). They will be treated mainly as source material for the study of the grammar, both historical and descriptive, of the two languages. Hand-outs will be provided.
The class is mainly intended for those taking the Latin Historical Linguistics paper in Lit. Hum. (V.2) or any of the Joint Schools including Classics, but others who would like an opportunity to learn about Oscan and Umbrian are very welcome.
The class will NOT be repeated next year.
Dr W. de Melo ; Monday 2:15-4 Wks 1-6 ; Ioannou Centre
These classes are meant as an introduction to Plautine language and how it differs from classical Latin. After a general introduction covering the Graeco-Roman background to Roman comedy and the major Plautine manuscripts, we will be looking at a number of topics, including archaism, colloquialism, female language, Greek in Plautus, and word order. There are weekly exercises intended to consolidate what has been learned in class. These classes will NOT be repeated next year.
Dr W. de Melo ; Tuesday, Thursday 12 Wks 7-8 ; Examination Schools
These are the core lectures for Classical Moderations (and joint schools) special subject in Comparative Philology and for Literae Humaniores Paper V4 (the morphology course will be completed in weeks 1-4 of Trinity Term). They will be repeated next year.
These informal lectures aim to introduce first-year undergraduates and other interested persons to the detailed history of Greek and Latin and to the grammar of their reconstructed ancestor, Indo-European; they also serve as an introduction to Indo- European and to the methods and aims of reconstruction. Basic knowledge of the two classical languages is helpful but not necessary and those taking Mods IB, IIA, or IIB are at no disadvantage.
There will be a large number of handouts and students will be encouraged, if they so wish, to do some elementary exercises; these are distributed at the end of each lecture and offer an opportunity for practice and reinforcement of new material and concepts. The Phonology course covers all the sounds reconstructed for the parent language and the rules of derivation, ending with the Laryngeal theory. The Morphology part will begin at the end of term with the declension of nouns.
Dr P. J. Barber ; Tuesday, Thursday 12 Wks 1-6 ; Examination Schools
These are the core lectures for Classical Moderations (and joint schools) special subject in Comparative Philology and for Literae Humaniores Paper V4 (the morphology course will be completed in weeks 1-4 of Trinity Term). They will be repeated next year. These informal lectures aim to introduce first-year undergraduates and other interested persons to the detailed history of Greek and Latin and to the grammar of their reconstructed ancestor, Indo-European; they also serve as an introduction to Indo- European and to the methods and aims of reconstruction. Basic knowledge of the two classical languages is helpful but not necessary and those taking Mods IB, IIA, or IIB are at no disadvantage.
There will be a large number of handouts and students will be encouraged, if they so wish, to do some elementary exercises; these are distributed at the end of each lecture and offer an opportunity for practice and reinforcement of new material and concepts. The Phonology course covers all the sounds reconstructed for the parent language and the rules of derivation, ending with the Laryngeal theory. The Morphology part will begin at the end of term with the declension of nouns.
Dr P. J. Barber, Dr W. de Melo, Dr P. Probert ; Tuesday 2:15-4 Wks 2-3, 5-8 ; Centre for Linguistics and Philology, Room 207
The Comparative Philology Graduate Seminar this term focuses on Faliscan. The ager Faliscus was not far to the north of Rome, and the language spoken there is of particular interest because it is the closest relative of Latin. The seminar will locate Faliscan within the wider Italic context and discuss its phonology and morphology.
Week 2: History of the Faliscans; the Faliscan alphabet
Week 3: Phonology part 1: Voiced aspirates in Faliscan and Italic
Week 4: NO SEMINAR
Week 5: Phonology part 2
Week 6: Nominal morphology
Week 7: Verbal morphology
Week 8: Onomastics; Faliscan as a dialect of Latin?
In week 4, participants might like to attend the following talk instead:
Dr Jacob Dahl, Recent advances in the study of early writing from Iran
Tuesday 5th February (4th week), Oriental Institute, 2:30 pm, lecture room 1
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