While providing an introduction to the Gothic language, whose literary artifacts stem from the 4th century AD, this course also serves as an introduction to comparative Germanic phonology, morphology, and syntax. Participants will learn to analyze and interpret Gothic sentences, read Gothic manuscripts, and recite verses with near-native fluency. They will gain hands-on experience with synthetic passivity, the morphology of the middle nascent periphrasis, inceptivity and inchoativity.
Advanced undergraduates are welcome.
William Bennett, Introduction to Gothic Languages . The Body and Its Disciplines. Like no other object of study, the human body has fascinated scholars and researchers in all walks of the university for a long time. At the same time, the body is also the province of human biology, medicine, neuroscience, psychology, and the law. The class format involves public lectures with subsequent discussion as well as closed seminar sessions.