This course provides an introduction to linguistic typology, the study
of how languages differ and how they are alike in terms of their
formal features, as opposed to their genetic affiliation or areal
distribution. This course will focus on various syntactic and
morphological features of languages. We will primarily look at those
typological properties that have been studied most intensively over
the last forty years. Students will be expected to critique articles
from the literature. They will also be asked to "adopt" a non-
Indoeuropean language and learn, write, and present about it in some
detail.