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CODE 73072
ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-FIL-LET/12
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER Annual
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

Italian linguistics is the scientific study of the Italian language (mainly, but not only, contemporary), its dialects and the languages of ethnolinguistic minorities.

Italian linguistics deals with the structures of language, uses and functions of the language, with reference to the model of geographical, social, situational and communicative varieties.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the course is the scientific study of the Italian language, mainly but not only contemporary, in its geographical, social and situational varieties, with reference to the structures, functions and linguistic uses.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

- learning of the architecture of the varieties of contemporary Italian
- learning of the distinctive traits of each Italian variety
- development of the ability to analyze written and oral productions in Italian in a variational perspective

TEACHING METHODS

First semester: Frontal lessons or On line lessons on Microsoft Teams and Aulaweb (36 hours).

Second Semester: Frontal lesson (if possible) and Classroom exercises (18 hours).

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The varieties of Italian (I semester).
The varieties of Italian and new media (II semester).

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

First Semester Bibliography

- A. A. SOBRERO, A. MIGLIETTA, Introduzione alla linguistica italiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008 (III ediz.), pp. 276, 20 Euro [limitatamente alla parte seconda, L'italiano oggi, pp. 55-276: pp. 220].

- G. B. PELLEGRINI, Carta dei dialetti d'Italia, Pisa, Pacini, 1977 [immagine a colori].

Second Semester Bibliography

- I. BONOMI - S. MORGANA, La lingua italiana e i mass media, Roma, Carocci, 2016.

 

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MANUELA MANFREDINI (President)

JACQUELINE VISCONTI

LORENZO COVERI (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

October 2021

Class schedule

ITALIAN LINGUISTICS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Multiple choice test (if it's possible). Oral examination.

The course is annual. The first exam session of the course will take place in June 2022.
At the end of the first semester, students can take an intermediate test on the topics of the first part of the course. Thus, in the summer exams, students complete the examination by preparing only the part relating to the second semester.

 

ASSESSMENT METHODS

I semester: multiple choice test.

II semester: oral examination

Those who do not take the test at the end of the first semester will take the exam orally in the scheduled appointments starting in June 2022, taking the entire course programme.

Those who take the intermediate test at the end of the first semester will complete the examination orally from June 2022, taking only the course syllabus for the second semester.

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
28/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
11/02/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
09/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
30/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
15/07/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
12/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
30/09/2022 14:00 GENOVA Orale
07/11/2022 12:00 GENOVA Orale

FURTHER INFORMATION

In the second semester, attending students will be able to carry out exercises that will be evaluated for the final grade.

EUROPEAN MOBILITY students can take the Italian Linguistics (9 CFU) exam only if they have "Linguistica italiana" (Italian Linguistics, Linguistique italienne, Italienische Sprachwissenschaft) in their Learning Agreement and if they stay in Italy for two semesters: the course is annual.