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CODE 56199
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/01
LANGUAGE Italiano
TEACHING LOCATION
SEMESTER Annual
SECTIONING Questo insegnamento è diviso nelle seguenti frazioni:
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    OVERVIEW

    This course provides the student with basic notions of linguistics and historical linguistics: phonetics, the International Phonetic Alphabet, the languages of Europe, with a focus on Indo-European languages and the comparative method.

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    The course is divided into two parts: General Linguistics and Historical Linguistics. The goal of the first part is to offer a basic knowledge of the structures and functions of linguistic expressions and their meanings. The goal of the second part is to provide the student with historical and linguistic notions useful to study European languages and cultures in a comparative perspective, with a focus on 1) languages spoken in Europe, 2) their boundaries and historical development, 3) the prehistoric language from which the majority of European languages derive, 4) the development of Germanic and Romance languages and literatures, 5) the origin and development of proper names.

     

    TEACHING METHODS

    Oral lessons.

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    General Phonetics; use of IPA; languages of Europe; Indo-European; Romance and Germanic languages: an Introduction; oral vs. written: problems of transcription of European languages.

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    • Giulia Petracco Sicardi; Rita Caprini, Corso istituzionale di Glottologia e Linguistica, Genova, Opera Universitaria, 1980 [reprinted CLU, 37 p.]
    • Alberto Nocentini, L’Europa linguistica. Profilo storico e tipologico, Firenze, Le Monnier [XVIII, 390 p.], ISBN 88-00-86081-8, € 21, pp. 179-346 
    • Federico Albano Leoni; Pietro Maturi, Manuale di fonetica. Nuova edizione (Università / 375 • Linguistica), Roma, Carocci, terza edizione 2002 (172 p. + CD, ISBN 88-430-2127-3, € 19,50), pp. 31-83 

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    RITA CAPRINI (President)

    CHIARA FEDRIANI

    MICHELE PRANDI

    ROSA RONZITTI

    LESSONS

    Class schedule

    The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    Oral exam

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    Phonetic transcription of an Italian word; questions on general and historical linguistics.

    Exam schedule

    Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
    03/04/2017 10:00 GENOVA Orale
    15/06/2017 10:00 GENOVA Orale
    27/06/2017 10:00 GENOVA Orale
    09/10/2017 10:00 GENOVA Orale
    31/10/2017 10:00 GENOVA Orale
    12/12/2017 10:00 GENOVA Orale