The course aims at provinding students with further advanced knowledge about the Swedish language and its use in various contexts, paying particular attention to textual analysis and writing techniques and dedicating a series of practical classes to the teaching of Swedish for specific purposes and in specific areas of professional interest. The course is divided into two parts: a one-semester linguistics module and a two-semester practical language module.
The linguistic module aims at presenting comparatively the diacronic evolutio of the Scandinavian languages, thus providing the Swedish language and culture student with the tools for a basic understanding of the other Scandinavian languages.
The practical language module aims at bringing students to the C2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Frontal lectures and language practical classes
1. Periodization problems in the history of the Scandinavian languages
2. Ancien Scandinavian
2.1 Phonology
2.2 Morphology
2.3 Syntax
2.4 Vocabulary
3. Common Scandinavian
3.1 Phonology
3.2 Morfphology
3.3 Syntax
3.4 Vocabulary
4. Old Scandinavian
4.1 Old East and Old West Scandinavian
4.2 Phonology
4.3 Morphology
4.4 Syntax
4.5 Vocabulary
5. Middle and Modern Scandinavian:
5.1 Icelandic
5.2 Faroese
5.3 Swedish
5.4 Norwegian
5.4.1 Nynorsk
5.4.2 Bokmål
5.5 Danish
6. Similarities and differences among Swedish, Norwegian and Danish
Chiara Benati, Storia delle Lingue scandinave, ECIG Genova, 2011
The linguistics module is assessed through an oral exam at the end of the course. The practical module is assessed at the end of the second semester through a written exam paper and an oral exam.
The oral exam on the linguistics module will deal with the most significant features of the phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary of the Scandinavian languages in their historical phases, on the periodization problems, as well as on the syncronic relationship between the Scandinavian languages.
