UCLA Graduate Catalog 1980-81 - Registrar - UCLA

224 / NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
*2220A- 220B. Ugaritic . Two hours. Prerequisites:
Hebrew 102A-102B-102C or consent of the instructor.
Study of the Ugaritic language and
literature. 2206 only may be repeated for credit.
Mr. Segert
4225. Phoenician . Two hours. Prerequisites:
Hebrew 102A-1028-102C or consent of the instructor.
Study of Phoenician language and inscriptions.
May be repeated for credit. Mr. Segert
4230. Seminar in Northwest Semitic Languages
and Literatures . Two hours. Prerequisite: consent
of the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Mr. Segert
240. Seminar in Akkadian Language . Two hours.
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Readings of
texts from various dialects of Akkadian; selected
problems in the linguistic analysis of Akkadian
dialects. May he repeated for credit.
Mr. Buccellati
240X. Seminar in Akkadian Language. (1/4 course)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Readings of
texts from various dialects of Akkadian; selected
problems in the linguistic analysis of Akkadian
dialects. May be repeated for credit. Semitics 240X is
a one unit course for students who participate
regularly in class meetings without producing the
homework required of students in the regular
course, Semitics 240. Mr. Buccellati
241. Seminar in Akkadian Literature . Two hours.
Prerequiste: consent of the instructor. Readings of
texts from various Akkadian literary genres;
selected problems in literary history and stylistic
analvsis. May be repeated for credit.
Mr. Buccellati
241X. Seminar in Akkadian Literature . (1/4 course)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Readings of
texts from various Akkadian literary genres;
selected problems in literary history and stylistic
analysis. May be repeated for credit. Semitics 241X
is a one unit course for students who participate
regularly in class meetings without producing the
homework required of students in the regular
course, Semitics 241. Mr. Buccellati
280A - 280B - 280C . Seminar in Comparative Semitics
. Two hours. The Staff
290A- 2908 -290C. Comparative Morphology of the
Semitic Languages . Two hours. Prerequisites:
courses 280A-2808-280C or consent of the instructor.
Comparative study of the noun and verb
of the various Semitic languages (Arabic, Hebrew,
Ethiopic, Akkadian, and Aramaic). Mr. Leslau
Individual Study and Research
596. Directed Individual Study. (1h to 2 courses)
The Staff
597. Examination Preparation . (1h to 2 courses)
The Staff
599. Dissertation Research and Preparation . (1/r to
2 courses ) The Staff
Turkic Languages
Graduate Courses
210A - 2108 -210C. Ottoman . Lecture, three hours.
Prerequisites: 101A-10113-101C o? I l2A-1128-112C
or 114A-114B-114C or consent of the instructor.
Introduction to Ottoman: descriptive grammar,
Arabic and Persian elements in grammar and
vocabulary. Reading and composition drills.
Mr. West
"5211. Ottoman Diplomatics . Three hours. Prerequisites:
courses 210A-2106-210C or the equivalent.
Organization and contents of the Ottoman
archives; reading and discussion of documents and
registers. Introduction to the use of Ottoman
archive materials as a source for historical research.
Mr. Shaw
220A - 220B - 220C. Chagatay . Lecture, three hours.
Prerequisites: Turkic 101A-1016-101C or 112A-
112B-112C or 114A-114B-114C or consent of the instructor.
Introduction to Chagatay: descriptive
grammar, Arabic, Persian and Ta(ik elements in
grammar and vocabulary. Readings and composition
drills. Mr. Bodrogligeti
*2225A - 225B-225C. Old Turkic : Turk and Uygur.
Lecture, three hours. Prerequisites: Turkic 180A-
18OB-180C and consent of the instructor. Textual
and linguistic analysis of Turk and Old Uygur
documents: inscriptions, manichean and buddhist
literary works. Given in alternate years; to be given
1978-1979. Mr. Bodrogligeti
*5230A- 23OB- 2300 . A Historical and Comparative
Survey of the Turkic Languages . Three hours. Prerequisites:
Turkic 180A-180B-180C. Extinct and living
Turkic languages. The history of Turkic:
developments in the phonemic, grammatical and
lexical systems from the 8th to the 20th centuries.
Structural analysis of the Turkic languages on a
comparative basis. Mr. Bodrogligeti
*5235A - 235B . Middle Turkic: Karakhanid,
Khorazmian , Mamlukkipchak and Old Anatolian.
Lecture, three hours. Prerequisites: Turkic 180A-
180B-1800 and consent of the instructor. A survey
of Middle-Turkic documents. Textual and linguistic
analysis of Middle-Turkic texts from various literary
genres. Given in alternate years; to be given
1978-1979. Mr. Bodrogligeti
240A - 240B - 2400 . Islamic Texts in Ottoman. Three
hours. Prerequisites: Turkic 210A-210B-210C or
consent of the instructor. A philological and
linguistic survey of the basic Islamic source
material written in the Ottoman literary language.
Reading and discussion of Ottoman texts on Islamic
topics. Mr. Bodrogligeti
250A - 2508 -2500. Islamic Texts in Chagatay. Three
hours. Prerequistes: Turkic 220A-220B-220C or
consent of the instructor. A philological and
linguistic survey of the basic Islamic source
material written in the Chagatay literary language.
Reading and discussion of Chagatay texts on
Islamic topics. Mr. Bodrogligeti
*1280A - 280B . Seminar in Modern Turkish
Literature . Seminar, two hours. Prerequisites:
Turkic 1026 or the equivalent and the consent of the
instructor. Specific issues and trends in the
development of Turkish literature from the middle
of the 19th century to the present. Mr. West
*5290A - 290B . Seminar in Classical Turkic
Literatures : Ottoman, Chagatay and Azeri. Lecture,
two hours. Prerequisites: Turkic 210 and/or
220 and consent of the instructor. Survey of the
Islamic literatures of the Turks in the Classical
period. Readings of Ottoman, Chagatay and Azeri
texts from various literary genres. Discussion of
stylistic, prosodic and linguistic characteristics.
Mr. Bodrogligeti
Individual Study and Research
596. Directed Individual Study. (1h to 2 courses)
The Staff
597. Examination Preparation. (1h to 2 courses)
The Staff
599. Dissertation Research and Preparation. (1h to
2 courses) The Staff
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201A. History of the Eurasian Nomadic
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