HUM1013

Course Descriptions

This course describes the main structures of the Indo-European languages in their grammar and vocabulary, as well as their developments in space, in time and in society. In space, we will show the geographical spread of these languages from their original European homeland into the Middle East, South Asia up to the last colonial settlements in Africa, America and Oceania. In time, we will present materials drawn from some early Indo-European languages, such as Latin, Greek and Sanskrit, which had a huge impact on the languages and cultures of modern Europe and Asia. Moreover, texts from different Indo-European languages will be presented, in order to illustrate the main topics typical of their social and cultural backgrounds.

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