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

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

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The varieties of Italian.
The course aims to illustrate the varieties of Italian considered according to the factors of synchronic variation (place, society, context, means of communication).

RECOMMENDED READING/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].

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MANUELA MANFREDINI (President)

LORENZO COVERI

JACQUELINE VISCONTI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

October 2021

Class schedule

ITALIAN LINGUISTICS A

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Multiple choice test (January 2022). Oral examination (all the other exam appeals).

The first exam session is a test and takes place at the end of January 2022. All subsequent exam sessions, from February to December 2022, are oral and include a supplementary bibliography.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Multiple choice test.

Exam schedule