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Oct 31, 2024
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College Bulletin 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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LING 064. Structure of Tuvan
Tuvan belongs to the Turkic branch of the Altaic language family and is spoken in Siberia and Mongolia by nomadic herders. It has classically agglutinating morphology and curious phenomena such as vowel harmony, converbs, and switch reference. It has rich sound symbolism, a tradition of oral (unwritten) epic tales, riddles, and world-famous song genres (“throat singing”). We will investigate the sounds, structures, oral traditions, and ethnography of Tuvan, using both printed and digital media.
Prerequisite: LING 050 and LING 045 or LING 052 or permission of the instructor.
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Eligible for ASIA COGS
Catalog chapter: Linguistics
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/linguistics
Access the class schedule to search for sections.
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