Degree | Type | Year |
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English and Classics Studies | OB | 4 |
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This subject is complementary to 104216 Indo-European Languages and Peoples (mandatory for the Degree in Sciences of Antiquity), although it is not essential to have taken it previously.
It is advisable, but not essential, that students have a certain level of English and French, which allows them to access the bibliography in these languages.
This subject aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge about the historical origins of the classical languages, combining the reading of some archaic monuments of Greek and Latin with a comparative approach to the nominal and verbal morphology of both languages from a diachronic point of view, taking also into account other languages of the Indo-European family, especially Sanskrit and Gothic/English.
I. Theoretical part
♦ Unit 1. Diachronic approach to Greek and Latin: from the historical languages to Proto-Greek and Italic.
♦ Unit 2. Notions of apophony and prehistory of the Indo-European phonological system.
♦ Unit 3. Comparative morphology of Greek and Latin (I): nouns and adjectives
♦ Unit 4. Comparative morphology of Greek and Latin (II): pronouns and numerals
♦ Unit 5. Comparative morphology of Greek and Latin (III): verbal system
II. Practical part
♦ Unit 1. Reading and analysis of archaic and dialectal monuments of the Greek language.
♦ Unit 2. Reading and analysis of archaic monuments of the Latin language and other Italic languages (esp. Oscan and Umbrian).
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Development of subject contents | 37.5 | 1.5 | 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 |
Oral and written exercises | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 6, 12, 11 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutoring in small groups | 4.5 | 0.18 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 6, 12, 11 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Performing exercices | 35 | 1.4 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11 |
Reading of bibliography | 35 | 1.4 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 6, 7, 12, 9, 10, 11 |
The teaching methodology of this subject will consist in alternating the theoretical exposition of each of the aforementioned units with the readings of Archaic Greek and Italic monuments.
At the beginning of the course a dossier will be delivered with the theoretical and practical contents of the subject.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Class attendance and participation | 20% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 6, 7, 12, 9, 10, 11 |
Work | 30% | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 6, 12, 11 |
1st partial exam | 20% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11 |
2nd partial exam | 30% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11 |
It is very important for the student to keep in mind that the assessment also includes regular class attendance and the completion and presentation of the exercises and the various activities proposed.
A student who has submitted an activity that can be evaluated will not be able to give up being evaluated or choose to obtain a final grade of "Not Presented". In the final Reassessment, the student will be able to recover the mark corresponding to the exam.
Beekes, Robert Stephen Paul [1995] Comparative Indo-European Linguistics. An Introduction. Amsterdam–Filadelfia: John Benjamins Publ. Co.
Brugmann, Karl–Delbrück, Berthold [1886-1916] Grundriß der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen i-v. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter (reimp. 1967).
Buck, Carl Darling [1904] A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, with a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary. Boston-New York-Chicago: Ginn and Company.
Buck, Carl Darling [19552] The Greek Dialects. Grammar. Selected Inscriptions. Glossary. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Humbert, Jean [1972] Histoire de la langue grecque (Que sais-je? 1483). Paris: PUF.
Mallory, James Patrick–Adams, Douglas Q. (eds.) [2006] The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press.
Meier-Brügger, Michael [20028] Indogermanische Sprachwissenschaft. Berlin-New York: Walter de Gruyter (trad. inglesa [2003] Indo-European Linguistics. Berlin-New York: Walter de Gruyter).
Meillet, Antoine [19303] Aperçu d’une histoire de la langue grecque. Paris: Hachette.
Meillet, Antoine [19333] Esquisse d’une histoire de la langue latine. Paris: Hachette (trad. cast. [1973] Historia de la lengua latina. Reus: Avesta).
Meillet, Antoine [19378] Introduction à l’étude comparative des langues indo-européennes. París: Hachette (reimp. Alabama: University Press 1964).
Meillet, Antoine–Vendryes, Joseph [19684] Traité de grammaire comparée des langues classiques. Paris: Honoré Champion.
Pisani, Vittore [19744] Grammatica latina storica e comparativa. Torino: Rosenberg & Seller.
Ramat, Anna Giacalone.–Ramat, Paolo (eds.) [1998] The Indo-European Languages. London-NY: Routledge (versión italiana original [1993] Le lingue indoeuropee. Bologna: Società Editrice Il Mulino; trad. cast. [1995] Las lenguas indoeuropeas. Madrid: Cátedra).
Rodríguez Adrados, Francisco [2005]. A History of the Greek Language. From its Origins to the Present. Leiden-Boston: Brill (original Spanish version [1999] Historia de la lengua griega. Madrid: Gredos).
Sihler, Andrew L. [1995] New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. New York-Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Szemerényi, Oswald [19904] Einführung in die Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (trad. ingl. [1996] Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics. Oxford: Clarendon Press; trad. castellana de 19701 [1978] Introducción a la lingüística comparativa. Madrid: Gredos).
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