Romance Linguistics (LING-0096)

Spring 2026 · LING 0096 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Broad overview of linguistic complexity of the Romance languages, their relation to the greater Indo-European group, and their specific transformation over many centuries. Basic synchronic and diachronic linguistic description and analysis. Consideration of social, geographical, political, and cultural factors that hastened the fragmentation of Vulgar Latin and the development of its modern descendants, relation of language to cultural identity, and the advantages and disadvantages that this mosaic of languages poses for the European Union as well as Central and South American nations. In English. Recommendations: Knowledge of at least one Romance language (3 semesters) or instructor permission.

Course codes: LING-0096, LING 0096, LING0096, LING-96, LING 96, LING96, ML-0096, ML 0096, ML0096, ML-96, ML 96, ML96

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