Course Syllabus


Monday, Aug. 24         Introducing the course.  What are the
			South Slavic languages?  Classifying the
			South Slavic Languages.  What is "Balkan"
                    	Slavic?   How many South Slavic languages are
			there anyway?
                    	The South Slavic literary languages
                    	Reading: Pirot dialect proverbs
              	Reading assignment:  Naylor 1980; Stankiewicz
		1980; Pinto 1980; Koneski 1980


August 31           	Oral presentations on the four South Slavic
			literary languages
                    	Reading: Pirot dialect proverbs (continued)
                   Reading assignment: Schenker 1993:114-120.
                                             

September 7              Late Common Slavic/Common South Slavic
			features.
                    	Vocalism: historical phonology of South
			Slavic.
                    Assignment: Problem Set 1

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