Introduction

This course covers research topics related to Romance philology. It focuses especially on Portugese and Spanish irregular verbs. It tries to answer several questions:

  • Why are there irregular verbs?
  • How are Portuguese irregular verbs different from Spanish irregular verbs?
  • What is the role of Latin and Greek in these irregularities?
  • What about irregular verbs in other Romance languages?
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Part 1: Review of Romance languages

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Lecture videos
Lecture notes
Readings
  • Paper 1 – This is a first paper to read.
  • Paper 2 – This paper builds on the first one.
  • Paper 3 – This paper is more complex.

Part 2: Portugese irregular verbs

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Lecture videos
Lecture notes
Readings
  • Paper 4 – This paper computes things. (Details about the simulations are presented in the paper’s online appendix .)
  • Paper 5 – This paper proves things. (The paper’s online appendix contains long proofs and extensions of the results.)

Part 3: Spanish irregular verbs

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Lecture videos
Basic readings
Advanced readings

Conclusion

This section concludes by comparing Portuguese and Spanish irregular verbs to irregular verbs in other Romance languages.

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