OVERVIEW

The course aims to provide the theoretical and methodological tools necessary for effective fluency, which requires, in addition to the acquisition of specific skills, awareness of the intrinsically flexible and dynamic character of the language as a cultural system and of its multiple occurrences as a means of communication. Regarding the text’s notions, the different contexts and respective communicative strategies will be taken into consideration, as well as various types. 

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide the theoretical and methodological tools necessary for effective fluency, which requires, in addition to the acquisition of specific skills, awareness of the intrinsically flexible and dynamic character of the language as a cultural system and of its multiple occurrences as a means of communication. Regarding the text’s notions, the different contexts and respective communicative strategies will be taken into consideration, as well as various types. 

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

This course aims to give students a description of contemporary Italian’s architecture, in order to have a useful didactic model of language.

TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, classroom exercise

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Neostandard Italian, Varieties of contemporary Italian, Historical grammar, Dependency Grammar

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

- G. Patota, Nuovi lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano, Bologna, il Mulino, 2007, capp. 1, 2, 3 e le pp. 115-151 del cap. 4;

- C. De Santis, Che cos'è la grammatica valenziale, Roma, Carocci, 2016;

- M.G. Lo Duca, Lingua italiana ed educazione linguistica, Roma, Carocci, 2003;

- dispensa sull'italiano contemporaneo a cura del docente, scaricabile a fine corso da AulaWeb

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LAURA CORNERO (President)

MARA MORELLI (President)

PAOLO ZUBLENA (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

First semester.

September 25th

Class schedule

ITALIAN GRAMMAR

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written and oral examination

Exam schedule