| CODE | 108770 |
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| ACADEMIC YEAR | 2023/2024 |
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| SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR | L-LIN/01 |
| LANGUAGE | Italian |
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| SEMESTER | 2° Semester |
| TEACHING MATERIALS | AULAWEB |
This course is set within the framework of linguistic pragmatics and aims to investigate the characteristics of spoken communication as a primary semiotic modality in human interaction. Starting from the description of the structure of interaction and conversation, understood as primary realizations of the social nature of language, the first part of the course will illustrate the textual, semantic, syntactic and pragmatic correlates of spoken language and the processes of cooperative co-construction of dialogic communication. The main corpora available for the study of spoken Italian and their specific characteristics will also be illustrated. The second part of the course will be dedicated to an in-depth study of a class of strategic elements for the management of online linguistic production, namely discourse markers, which will also be explored by the students through an individual research project.
The course aims to illustrate the semantic and pragmatic correlates of spoken communication, taking orality as the fundamental mode of different types of interaction. The course discusses the constitutive festures of spoken language and illustrates the tools for analysing linguistic data of spontaneously occurring speech, which students will learn to use through a small research project.
At the end of the course the student
The course will also enable the student to develop some of the so-called 'soft skills' in the areas of project creation, public speaking and effective communication.
Basic knowledge of general linguistics.
This course consist in lectures, in which students will be invited to actively participate (for instance by analyzing data and texts). Each student will also choose a topic that will be the object of oral presentation and discussion.
The first part of the course will introduce the theoretical foundations for the study of spoken language and its formal and functional correlates, as well as some principles of conversation analysis. The second part is dedicated to an in-depth study of discourse markers, strategic elements in the organization and co-construction of online interaction, of which a definition on a functional basis and a classification will be provided. This part will be completed with an illustration of the main corpora available for the study of spoken Italian and for the analysis of discourse markers, and will be characterised by a seminar-type structure, which will also include the presentation of research works developed by the students.
Same materials for non-attending students.
Office hours: Office III.12, located at the fifth floor of Palazzo Serra, Piazza Santa Sabina 2. For updated office hours, please send me an email.
Second semester.
All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.
Oral exam, which includes:
The exam assesses the level of theoretical knowledge achieved by the student, and the ability to discuss in a critical way both the classes’ topics and the topic of the individual research.
The evaluation also takes into account the student’s communicative abilities, and in particular his or her expressive clarity and mastery of the specialised terminology.
Students with certified special educational needs are advised to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course.