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Bozena Tieszen

  • Teaching Faculty III, Foreign Languages & Literature
  • Teaching Faculty III, Linguistics

Education

  • PhD in Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • MA in Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • MA in Swedish and German Philology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
CLASSIC 101-201 Words Matter: How Greek and Latin Shape Our Language No Meeting Pattern
GERMAN 112-201 German Life and Civilization: Part II: Berlin Calling No Meeting Pattern
LINGUIS 210-404 Power of Words MW 10:30am-11:20am
LINGUIS 210-601 Power of Words F 9:30am-10:20am
LINGUIS 210-602 Power of Words F 10:30am-11:20am
LINGUIS 210-603 Power of Words F 11:30am-12:20pm

Courses Taught

  • CLASSIC 101 - Greek and Latin Roots in English Vocabulary
  • CLASSIC 304 - Graeco-Roman World: Proto Indo-European Language and Culture
  • CLASSIC 370 - Hittite Myth and History

Teaching Interests

  • History of English Words
  • Hittite Language Myth and History
  • Proto-Indo-European Language and Culture

Research Interests

  • Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (Greek, Latin, Hittite, Germanic, Slavic)
  • Mythology, History and Languages of Ancient Near East
  • Ethnolinguistics, Experimental Phonology

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