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

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

- describe the architecture of the varieties of contemporary Italian

- identify and recognise the distinctive features of each variety of Italian

- analyse written and oral productions in Italian from a variational perspective

- adapt their communication to the context, improving their functional alphabetic competence

- recognise the characteristics of the language of the media

PREREQUISITES

None

TEACHING METHODS

First semester: Frontal lessons (36 hours). Moodle Aulaweb

Second Semester: Frontal lesson (18 hours). Moodle Aulaweb

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The varieties of Italian (I semester):

- diatopic varieties of Italian (including Italian dialects)

- diastratic varieties of Italian

- diaphasic varieties of Italian

- diamesic varieties of Italian

- gestures and proxemics

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

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

First Semester Bibliography (for attending students)

- A. A. SOBRERO, A. MIGLIETTA, Introduzione alla linguistica italiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2021 (new ed.) [only Part 2, L'italiano oggi, pp. 61-267].

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

For attending students not taking the written examination in January 2024, the programme also includes reading the following volume:

- COVERI-BENUCCI-DIADORI, Le varietà dell'italiano. Manuale di sociolinguistica italiana, Siena, Bonacci, 2005 o edizioni successive (the volume is out of print but is available for loan from the DIRAAS Department Library, via Balbi 6, 1st floor).

First Semester Bibliography (for non-attending students)

- A. A. SOBRERO, A. MIGLIETTA, Introduzione alla linguistica italiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2021 (new ed.) [only Part 2, L'italiano oggi, pp. 61-267].

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

- COVERI-BENUCCI-DIADORI, Le varietà dell'italiano. Manuale di sociolinguistica italiana, Siena, Bonacci, 2005 o edizioni successive (the volume is out of print but is available for loan from the DIRAAS Department Library, via Balbi 6, 1st floor).

Second Semester Bibliography (for attending and non-attending students)

- 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

Lessons in Italian Linguistics take place in the first semester and begin the first week of October 2023.

The course is annual and comprises lessons in the first and second semester.

The lessons of Italian Linguistics (9 CFU) in the first semester coincide with those of Italian Linguistics B (6 CFU) and begin in the first week of October 2023.

Classes for the second semester begin on February 2024.

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 2024.
At the end of the first semester, students can take an intermediate test (multiple choice 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 2024, 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 2024, taking only the course syllabus for the second semester.

Exam schedule

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.

Students with special educational needs, disabilities and SLDs are invited to contact the professor at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and examination methods that, while respecting the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory tools.

AULAWEB: during the course, the professor will make available on the Aulaweb in-depth materials that can be downloaded by students and are useful for exam preparation; all information and notices concerning lectures will also be posted on the Aulaweb.