Languages in the Mediterranean world. From antiquity until the present

Timetable

Module aim (aims)

• to gain knowledge of origins and development of particular languages in the Meditteranean world
• to gain knowledge of basic patterns of chosen languages
• to gain knowledge of ethnic groups in the basin of the Mediterranean Sea
• to gain knowledge of language families

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Syllabus

Week 1: Ancient Greek and its Dialects
Week 2: Byzantine and Modern Greek
Week 3: Latin and other Italic languages
Week 4: Romance languages
Week 5: Etruscan and Basque
Week 6: Ancient Egyptian and Coptic
Week 7: Anatolian Languages
Week 8: Ilyrian, Albanian, Ancient Macedonian, Thracian and Phrygian
Week 9: Slavonic languages in Balkan Peninsula
Week 10: Ugaritic and Phoenician
Week 11: Hebrew and Aramaic
Week 12: Arabic and Maltese
Week 13: Turkish
Week 14: Berber languages
Week 15: Final test

Reading list

1) Woodard, R.D., The Ancient Languages of Europe, Cambridge 2008.
2) Brown, K., Ogilvie, S., Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World, Amsterdam 2008.
3) Ruhlen, M., A guide to the world's languages. Stanford 1987.
4) Ethnologue: Languages of the world [http://www.ethnologue.com/].
5) Harrison, K. D. When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge, New York and London 2007.