CODE 61333 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 12 cfu anno 2 TEORIE E TECNICHE DELLA MEDIAZIONE INTERLINGUISTICA 8741 (L-12) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-FIL-LET/12 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER Annual TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The first part of the course aims to provide an in-depth knowledge of the structure and main varieties of contemporary Italian, within a brief sketch of its historical development. The second part focuses on the main tenets of text linguistics, as well as on the development of planning, drafting and revising techniques of non-literary text-types. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES It concerns the scientific study of contemporary Italian in its geographical, social and situational varieties, focusing on the structures, functions and linguistic usage; it is integrated by an interactive workshop, aimed at promoting techniques of text analysis and drafting of Italian for professional purposes [part distance course]. TEACHING METHODS Two contact hours plus a distance hour every week, in which students will prepare a short presentation, to be given in the second part of the course. All course material will be on AulaWeb. SYLLABUS/CONTENT In the first part of the course the main features of contemporary Italian will be considered in its phonetic and phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic aspects. Moreover, the main varieties forming a sociolinguistic profile of Italian will be looked at - diatopic, diamesic, diastratic and diaphasic, also in a diachronic perspective. In the second part, starting from key concepts in text-linguistics, the main features of the written text will be investigated in its diverse typologies, to then focus on the phases of its production. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD JACQUELINE VISCONTI Ricevimento: Thurs 9-10 and 14-15, DIRAAS, via Balbi 6. Exam Board JACQUELINE VISCONTI (President) MANUELA MANFREDINI LORENZO COVERI (Substitute) LESSONS Class schedule ITALIAN LINGUISTICS (WRITING WORKSHOP) EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The assessment consists in a written test on the course contents and skills. Questions will focus on each of the following fields: phonetics, morpho-syntax, lexicon and varieties of the Italian language, as well as the production and analysis of a short text. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 22/01/2021 16:00 GENOVA Orale 11/02/2021 10:00 GENOVA Orale 07/06/2021 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 01/07/2021 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 10/09/2021 16:00 GENOVA Scritto 28/09/2021 10:00 GENOVA Scritto