Historical Linguistics (Master's level)

Education facts

Code: 5LN931

The course recapitulates types of language change and models of language relationship from a historical perspective, including the comparative method and subgrouping. The course further treats computational approaches to cognate identification, glottochronology and formal models of lexical substitution. In addition to that, parsimony and maximum likelihood inference, tree search strategies and related overfitting and modeling-inference concerns are introduced.

Entry requirements

120 credits including 30 credits in a language subject. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Historical Linguistics (Master's level)

  Uppsala University

  Uppsala

  Start date: 29 March 2027

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %