Splash Biography
SEAN GLEASON, Yale PhD candidate in Linguistics
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Major: Linguistics College/Employer: Yale Year of Graduation: G |
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Not Available. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)H3098: English and Latin: A 'Romantic' Affair in Splash Spring 18 (Apr. 07, 2018)
Despite being different languages, English and Latin share a striking number of linguistic similarities. In this class, we will discuss why this is so, focusing first on the two languages' common origin (Proto-Indo-European), and then on their centuries-long contact via French. We will discover the fascinating connection between linguistic and social history, and learn how defeat on an English battlefield forever changed how we speak today.
H3239: English and Latin: A 'Romantic' Affair in Splash Spring 18 (Apr. 07, 2018)
Despite being different languages, English and Latin share a striking number of linguistic similarities. In this class, we will discuss why this is so, focusing first on the two languages' common origin (Proto-Indo-European), and then on their centuries-long contact via French. We will discover the fascinating connection between linguistic and social history, and learn how defeat on an English battlefield forever changed how we speak today.
E2806: English and Latin: A 'Romantic' Affair in Sprout Fall 17 (Sep. 30 - Oct. 14, 2017)
Despite being different languages, English and Latin share a striking number of linguistic similarities. In this class, we will discuss why this is so, focusing first on the two languages' common origin (Proto-Indo-European), and then on their centuries-long contact via French. We will discover the fascinating connection between linguistic and social history, and learn how defeat on an English battlefield forever changed how we speak today.
E2140: English and Latin: A 'Romantic' Affair in Sprout Fall 16 (Oct. 01 - 15, 2016)
Despite being different languages, English and Latin share a striking number of linguistic similarities. In this class, we will discuss why this is so, focusing first on the two languages' common origin (Proto-Indo-European), and then on their centuries-long contact via French. We will discover the fascinating connection between linguistic and social history, and learn how defeat on an English battlefield forever changed how we speak today.
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