Practical English Word Origins and Etymology Research Course
Delve into word origins, sound change, and morphology with a practical, evidence-driven approach. The course blends historical linguistics with ethical scholarship: gather attestation data, reconstruct proto-forms, identify cognates, and map borrowing across language families; apply rigorous citation, corpus analysis, and reproducible workflows; craft concise etymology reports and balanced word histories to sharpen professional language decisions.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate recognized by MEC
What will I learn?
Delve into word origins, sound change, and morphology with a practical, evidence-driven approach. The course blends historical linguistics with ethical scholarship: gather attestation data, reconstruct proto-forms, identify cognates, and map borrowing across language families; apply rigorous citation, corpus analysis, and reproducible workflows; craft concise etymology reports and balanced word histories to sharpen professional language decisions.
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Develop skills
- Etymology research workflow: design reproducible, ethical word histories.
- Source reliability and citation: evaluate certainty and bias in etymologies.
- Borrowing mechanics: loans, calques, and semantic integration in English.
- Concise reporting: 150–200 word etymology notes with clear structure.
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