Entry requirements

General entry requirements and English level 2, or English 6

Learning outcomes

The course is intended to give a general, basic overview of the Indo-European language family, its individual branches, its oldest preserved linguistic material and means of transmission. Furthermore the course is aimed to provide insight into Indo-European culture and the archaic poetic language of which traces can be found in individual languages even today.

On completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• identify individual languages and account for the main subgroups of the Indo-European language family,
• outline criteria by which genetic relationship between the Indo-European languages is established,
• account for chronology, oldest preserved sources and means of transmission of individual Indo-European languages and subfamilies,
• account at a basic level for distinctive features of selected individual languages and subfamilies of the Indo-European language family,
• outline issues concerning Indo-European culture and poetic language.

Content

Overview of structural features of the Indo-European proto-language and discussion of genetic and typological relationship between languages. Overview of individual languages and subgroups within the Indo-European language family and discussion of their distinctive features, oldest preserved sources and transmission. Introduction into and discussion of issues concerning Indo-European culture and the Indo-European poetic language.

Assessment

The course has 2 moments of examination: 1. continuous oral and written tests; 2. pm + oral presentation.

Information on the content and format of the continuous oral and written tests, the date of completion/submission and re-examination is given at the start of the course.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Other regulations

The course may not be included in a degree if equivalent parts have been studied within another course included in the degree.