https://studiegids.vu.nl/en/courses/2024-2025/L_TAMATWS007To familiarise the student with the classics of general linguistics to prevent students form re-inventing linguistic wheels.Guided reading of major works by Bloomfield, the Saussure, Jakobson, Jespersen and Chomsky.Tutorial; number of meetings per period to be decided upon by student and supervisor.Essay and/or assignments and/or portfolio. To be decided upon by student and supervisor.To be determined after consultation with the student.Master's students in Linguistics (specialisation Language Description and Comparative Linguistics); Research Master's students in Humanities (specialisation Linguistics).This option is only available if elective modules chosen by students of the master Linguistics are cancelled or co-incide with modules of the obligatory program.