UCL - Syro-Anatolian Languages

[GLOR2772]

[22.5h] 6 credits

This two-yearly course is taught in 2010-2011, 2012-2013,...

Teacher(s):

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

Provide each student or scholar interested in Asia Minor or Syria with the necessary philological background.

Main themes

The course is relating to : 1. Luwian texts from the second millennium B.C. ; 2. Introduction to the Asianic languages : Hatti, Carian, Pisidian.

Content and teaching methods

Study of Luwian (daughter language of Hittite) and introduction to the Asianic languages : Hatti, Carian, Pisidian. Philologic analysis of several inscriptions.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisite : knowledge of Hittite.
Evaluation : oral exam and home preparation of a text not seen at the course.
Texts and books : photocopied notes will be handed out to the students.