ID:
0000692
Durata (ore):
48
CFU:
8
SSD:
GLOTTOLOGIA E LINGUISTICA
Url:
LETTERATURE E CULTURE COMPARATE/Comparative Literature: English, Italian, Chinese Anno: 1
Anno:
2024
Dati Generali
Periodo di attività
Secondo Semestre (24/02/2025 - 30/05/2025)
Syllabus
Obiettivi Formativi
The course aims to provide students with an introduction to historical-comparative linguistics in its most extensively investigated object in the history of studies: the Indo-European languages. The Iranian group will be taken as the basis of comparison, through a language of its middle age: Parthian. The language will be examined in the peculiarity of its philology and its relation to other historical corradical traditions of Indo-European scope (the Middle Iranian).
From this perspective, the expected learning outcomes consist of the student's awareness of the historicity of the linguistic phenomenon and in his or her knowledge of the main comparative relationships within the Indo-European language family.
From this perspective, the expected learning outcomes consist of the student's awareness of the historicity of the linguistic phenomenon and in his or her knowledge of the main comparative relationships within the Indo-European language family.
Prerequisiti
Have taken an introductory level examination of at least 8 CFU in the field of Historical and General Linguistics (L-LIN/01). More specifically, knowledge of the main tools of analysis in the levels of phonetics, phonology, morphology, lexicon, and syntax is essential. Also important is an ability to contextualise these tools in the history of linguistics from the 18th century onward, and to apply their use to more particular languages.
Metodi didattici
The course will be held in a total of 48 hours of classes, in which the following activities will take place:
1. Lectures devoted to the history and the basis of Indo-European linguistics, in which the main theoretical assumptions and methods of analysis of historical linguistics will be introduced;
2. Their illustration through case studies drawn from the comparison of Indo-European languages;
3. Introduction to the philology of a particular Indo-European group: Iranian; introduction to Parthian philology;
4. Application of historical grammar and Indo-European etymology through linguistic commentary on short Parthian texts from the Arsacidic and Sasanian periods in Parthian script.
1. Lectures devoted to the history and the basis of Indo-European linguistics, in which the main theoretical assumptions and methods of analysis of historical linguistics will be introduced;
2. Their illustration through case studies drawn from the comparison of Indo-European languages;
3. Introduction to the philology of a particular Indo-European group: Iranian; introduction to Parthian philology;
4. Application of historical grammar and Indo-European etymology through linguistic commentary on short Parthian texts from the Arsacidic and Sasanian periods in Parthian script.
Verifica Apprendimento
The examination consists of an oral test, which will be conducted differently for attending and non-attending students.
Attending students will have to show general knowledge acquired through a first part of the exame conducted on the contents of the introductory lectures of the course and the texts listed in items 1 of the bibliography. They will also have to demonstrate the competence of the tools of analysis acquired during the course by reading a short section of the text analysed during the course, proposed by the lecturer, of which a translation into Italian and a linguistic commentary in a historical-grammatical perspective must be provided: for this second part of the exam, the items listed in point 2 and 3 of the bibliography will be used, as well as the materials provided by the lecturer during the lectures.
Non-attending students, on the other hand, will be examined on the basis of the bibliography, the study of which will be analytically verified by an introductory interview relating to the general knowledge of Indo-European linguistics required by the course (item 1 of the bibliography), and a subsequent technical section in which they will be asked to demonstrate the knowledge and skills acquired regarding the specific features of the grammar of Iranian languages and Parthian examined in both synchronic and diachronic perspective (items 2 and 3 of the bibliography).
The examination may be taken in any of the sessions set for the current academic year. However, the program will be valid for a three-year period.
Language in which the exam is given: English.
Evaluation Criteria: the test will be evaluated for the ability demonstrated by the student to select and expound analytically the required contents by means of the correct terminology and possibly accompanying them with fitting and correct examples; in addition, the student's ability to apply the analytical methodologies learned to the particular cases that will be submitted to him/her will be evaluated.
Attending students will have to show general knowledge acquired through a first part of the exame conducted on the contents of the introductory lectures of the course and the texts listed in items 1 of the bibliography. They will also have to demonstrate the competence of the tools of analysis acquired during the course by reading a short section of the text analysed during the course, proposed by the lecturer, of which a translation into Italian and a linguistic commentary in a historical-grammatical perspective must be provided: for this second part of the exam, the items listed in point 2 and 3 of the bibliography will be used, as well as the materials provided by the lecturer during the lectures.
Non-attending students, on the other hand, will be examined on the basis of the bibliography, the study of which will be analytically verified by an introductory interview relating to the general knowledge of Indo-European linguistics required by the course (item 1 of the bibliography), and a subsequent technical section in which they will be asked to demonstrate the knowledge and skills acquired regarding the specific features of the grammar of Iranian languages and Parthian examined in both synchronic and diachronic perspective (items 2 and 3 of the bibliography).
The examination may be taken in any of the sessions set for the current academic year. However, the program will be valid for a three-year period.
Language in which the exam is given: English.
Evaluation Criteria: the test will be evaluated for the ability demonstrated by the student to select and expound analytically the required contents by means of the correct terminology and possibly accompanying them with fitting and correct examples; in addition, the student's ability to apply the analytical methodologies learned to the particular cases that will be submitted to him/her will be evaluated.
Testi
The bibliography consists of three texts:
1. James Clackson, Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007;
2. Nicholas Sims-Williams, “The Iranian Languages”. In The Indo-European Languages, edited by Anna Giacalone Ramat and Paolo Ramat. Bologna: Il Mulino, 1994, pp. 151-79.
3. Prods Oktor Skjærvø, “Middle West Iranian”. In The Iranian Languages, edited by Gernot Windfuhr. London: Routledge, 2009, pp. 196-278.
1. James Clackson, Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007;
2. Nicholas Sims-Williams, “The Iranian Languages”. In The Indo-European Languages, edited by Anna Giacalone Ramat and Paolo Ramat. Bologna: Il Mulino, 1994, pp. 151-79.
3. Prods Oktor Skjærvø, “Middle West Iranian”. In The Iranian Languages, edited by Gernot Windfuhr. London: Routledge, 2009, pp. 196-278.
Contenuti
Course Title: Introduction to the Indo-European linguistics: the Iranian languages and the Parthian.
Topics
1. The Indo-European languages;
2. The birth and development of Indo-European linguistics;
3. Indo-European phonology: consonantism;
4. Indo-European phonology: vocalism;
5. Elements of Indo-European morphology;
6. The Iranian languages among the Indo-European languages;
7. Introduction to Parthian script;
8. Historical grammar of short Parthian texts.
Topics
1. The Indo-European languages;
2. The birth and development of Indo-European linguistics;
3. Indo-European phonology: consonantism;
4. Indo-European phonology: vocalism;
5. Elements of Indo-European morphology;
6. The Iranian languages among the Indo-European languages;
7. Introduction to Parthian script;
8. Historical grammar of short Parthian texts.
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