Courses Currently Offered

Spring 2026

  • I E STD M70 - Language and Evolution

    Instructor(s): Nicholas Guymon, Aidan Ackerman, John Clayton

    (Same as Linguistics M4.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Homo Sapiens is only species on Earth with capacity to create infinite number of utterances from small inventory of speech sounds. How and why our species developed this ability is question of fundamental scientific and humanistic importance. Survey of origin of human language from number of intellectual perspectives, including linguistics, anthropology, and evolutionary biology. Exploration of relationship between language faculty and linguistic theory. P/NP or letter grading.

  • I E STD 215 - Indo-European Syntax

    Instructor(s): Dieter Gunkel

    Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 210. Comparative and historical study of syntax in proto-Indo-European and most important of oldest attested descendant languages. S/U or letter grading.

  • I E STD 240 - Comparative and Historical Grammar of Anatolian

    Instructor(s): Anthony Yates

    Lecture, three hours. Requisites: courses M150, M168A. Survey of comparative and historical grammar of Anatolian languages, with special focus on its implications for Indo-European reconstruction and for language change broadly. Grammatical features are observed in context through readings of representative texts from Anatolian languages including Hittite, Luwian, Lycian, and Palaic. S/U or letter grading.

  • I E STD 281A - Seminar: Indo-European Linguistics

    Instructor(s): Stephanie Watkins, Dieter Gunkel, Anthony Yates

    Seminar, three hours. Requisite: course 210. Selected topics in Indo-European comparative grammar for advanced graduate students. May be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.

  • I E STD 596 - Directed Individual Studies

    Instructor(s): David Goldstein, Dieter Gunkel, Stephanie Watkins, H Melchert, Joseph Nagy, Christopher Stevens, Brent Vine, Anthony Yates

    Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U grading.

  • I E STD 597 - Preparation for PhD Qualifying Examinations

    Instructor(s): David Goldstein, Dieter Gunkel, Stephanie Watkins, H Melchert, Joseph Nagy, Christopher Stevens, Brent Vine, Anthony Yates

    Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U grading.

  • I E STD 599 - Research for PhD Dissertation

    Instructor(s): David Goldstein, Dieter Gunkel, Stephanie Watkins, H Melchert, Joseph Nagy, Christopher Stevens, Brent Vine, Anthony Yates

    Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U grading.