Temas Subtemas
Introduction and basic concepts

 The idea of language change
The idea of language variation
Language classifications: typological, geographical, genealogical
Diachrony, synchrony, diatopy and diaphases in language.
Historical Linguistics: main tenets and methodologies The comparatist method
Reconstruction as a method
Theoretical frameworks for the study of variation and change Structuralism
Generativism
Grammaticalisation
Construction grammar
(Historical) sociolinguistics
Other approaches
Variation and change at different levels: Phonology
Lexis
Semantics
Morphology
Syntax