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Section: Introduction

This section covers a selection of the topics listed below. The lecturers were encouraged to shape their courses based on the individual properties of the language at issue and their own linguistic and pedagogical views.

  • language and speakers
    historical and archaeological information, genetic affiliation, ancient varieties, diachronic evolution
  • writing
    writing systems, transcription, transliteration, sample texts
  • sources
    available sources (inscriptions, manuscripts, etc.), milestones in the study of the language

Old Albanian

Old Albanian, intro, unit 1

SQI-INT-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49071

language and speakers: modern spread of Albanian, Albanian in the Middle Ages and in Antiquity, the names Albania and Shqipëria

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Old Albanian, intro, unit 2

SQI-INT-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49070

authors and texts: preliterary fragments, Buzuku, Budi, Bardhi, Bogdani, Da Lecce, Matranga, Variboba

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Old Albanian, intro, unit 3

SQI-INT-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49069

dialectology: Geg and Tosk, diaspora, rhotacism, nasal vowels, vowel systems in dialects, diphthongs, lexicon, verbal syntax, Proto-Albanian

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Old Albanian, intro, unit 4

SQI-INT-004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49068

The layered lexicon: The Indo-European layer, Ancient Greek, Latin, Romanian, Slavic, Turkish, Venetian and Italian

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Old Albanian, intro, unit 5

SQI-INT-005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49080

Albanian in its areal context: modalities for viewing Albanian historically (genetically/areally), the Balkan Sprachbund

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Classical Armenian

Class. Armenian, intro, unit 1

XCL-INT-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48959

external history of Armenian; periods: Old, Middle, Modern Armenian; sources and dates, Armenian alphabet and earlier writing

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Class. Armenian, intro, unit 2

XCL-INT-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48958

literature, translations, historians, theologians, later authors; manuscripts; the Hellenizing school; Pre-Christian literature

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Class. Armenian, intro, unit 3

XCL-INT-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48957

Armenian: an Iranian language? Iranian influence, position of Armenian in Indo-European, Indo-European neighbors, Near East and Caucasus

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Avestan

Avestan, intro, unit 1

AVE-INT-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49082

historical, geographical and cultural background: Avestan within Indo-Iranian, cultures and archaeology.

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Avestan, intro, unit 2

AVE-INT-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49083

Avestan texts and ritual practice: Avestan texts and their use in Zoroastrian rituals

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Avestan, intro, unit 3

AVE-INT-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49084

Avestan script and sound: oral composition, oral transmission, script and sound of the Avesta script

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Avestan, intro, unit 4

AVE-INT-004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49085

Avestan manuscripts: written Avestan, types of manuscripts

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Gothic

Gothic, intro, unit 1

GOT-INT-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49502

linguistic affiliations and external history: history and relationships of the Goths

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Gothic, intro, unit 2

GOT-INT-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49512

writing system: the Gothic alphabet, origins, other orthographic practices, text sample

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Gothic, intro, unit 3

GOT-INT-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49499

sources and scholarly resources: manuscripts, editions, grammars, dictionaries, bibliographies

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek, intro, unit 1

GRC-INT-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48903

external history of Greek and main sources, Greek within IE, Mycenaean, Archaic Classic, Koine

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Ancient Greek, intro, unit 2

GRC-INT-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48904

alphabet, quick phonetic details, overview of writing systems, linear B, epichoric alphabets

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Ancient Greek, intro, unit 3

GRC-INT-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48905

dialects in the Archaic and Classical periods, classifications, illustrative dialectal examples

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Hittite

Hittite, intro, unit 1

HIT-INT-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49526

language, speakers and sources: Hittite, Anatolian and Indo-European, periodization and main sources

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Hittite, intro, unit 2

HIT-INT-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49523

writing system, decipherment: the cuneiform syllabary, origin, decipherment, writing systems

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Old Irish

Old Irish, intro, unit 1

SGA-INT-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49233

history of the Irish language: Irish as a Celtic Language, history of Irish

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Old Irish, intro, unit 2

SGA-INT-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49234

writing in Ireland: writing, Ogam, Latin alphabet, manuscripts

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Old Irish, intro, unit 3

SGA-INT-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49235

influence and handbooks: language contact, secondary literature

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Early Latin

Early Latin, intro, unit 1

LAT-INT-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49067

language and speakers: what is Early Latin? who were its users? when was it spoken/written? where?

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Early Latin, intro, unit 2

LAT-INT-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49066

writing and sources: Early Latin writing, sources (epigraphic, literary), resources

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Old Lithuanian

Old Lithuanian, intro, unit 1

OLT-INT-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49475

language and speakers: historical information, genetic affiliation, varieties, language map

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Old Lithuanian, intro, unit 2

OLT-INT-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49474

writing system: writing system(s), letters and diacritics, sample of a written text (manuscript, print)

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Old Lithuanian, intro, unit 3

OLT-INT-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49473

sources: available sources, electronic corpora, milestones in the study of Old Lithuanian

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Old Church Slavonic

OCS, intro, unit 1

CHU-INT-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49462

language and speakers: Slavic languages, dispersals, genealogical position, Old Church Slavonic

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OCS, intro, unit 2

CHU-INT-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49461

writing: scripts and manuscripts, background, text example, Glagolitic and Cyrillic scripts

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OCS, intro, unit 3

CHU-INT-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49460

sources: manuscripts and inscriptions, place of origin, genres (gospel texts, readings, psalters, prayers, edification)

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Tocharian

Tocharian, intro, unit 1

TOC-INT-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49262

place in Eastern Central Asia, subsistence and harsh climate, the discovery of Tocharian, who were the Tocharians? Tocharian A, B, C

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Tocharian, intro, unit 2

TOC-INT-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49261

BMAC and Turkic loans in Tocharian, Tocharian loans in Chinese, Tocharian loans from Old/Middle Chinese, Indoeuropean origin of Tocharian

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Tocharian, intro, unit 3

TOC-INT-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49260

writing system, dating of Tocharian texts, Tocharian corpus, location of documents, contents, text samples, sources for studying Tocharian

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Early Vedic

Early Vedic, intro, unit 1

VED-INT-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49492

linguistic affiliation, external history: overview, migratory routes, Mitanni Indo-Aryan, lexicon

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Early Vedic, intro, unit 2

VED-INT-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49491

texts and transmission: literature, ritual, transmission, periodization, selected resources

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Early Vedic, intro, unit 3

VED-INT-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49490

the R̥gveda: structure and content, poets, setting (geography, history), form, text sample

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