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Italian Linguistics
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI "L'ORIENTALE"
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Syllabus
Course Objectives
In line with the educational objectives of the CdS for which the teaching is offered, the aim is to provide a solid ability to reflect on Italian and to know how to use it to mediate, compare, translate. At the end of the course and after passing the exam, the student must be able to deal with metalinguistic reflection on contemporary Italian; be able to distinguish the different linguistic varieties of Italian; know how to analyze oral and written texts; be able to use the historical lexicographic tools and the use of Italian.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY
- Have a solid background in theoretical and applied linguistics
- Know the basic vocabulary related to the specialized areas present in the training offer
- Know different types of texts (essays, manuals, technical, economic-legal, audiovisual, literary) with specific reference to contemporary cultures
APPLICATION ABILITIES
- Use linguistic analysis procedures at different phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical levels
- Know how to organize the knowledge acquired functionally for a communicative purpose (written, oral and on the web)
- Know how to apply the historical-geographical knowledge acquired to socio-linguistic analyses
- Know how to analyze, critically discuss and communicate the key concepts of the culture and language studied
- Reflect on social, scientific or ethical issues related to one's field of study
JUDGMENT INDEPENDENCE
- Acquire the ability to formulate autonomous judgments, in particular on issues related to interaction between cultures
- Reflect on social, scientific or ethical issues related to one's field of study
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Be able to analyze heterogeneous texts that include visual, tourist, technical texts, etc.
LEARNING SKILLS
- Develop the learning skills needed to undertake further levels of training
- Be able to independently use the sources and methodological tools underlying the disciplines of study
- Be able to improve one's linguistic and expressive skills
- Be able to recall previous knowledge
Course Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods
The exam is oral. The exam is structured as follows:
- description of one of the stages of the historical path of Italian;
- recognition and definition of the main phonological, morphological, lexical and syntactic-textual traits starting from sentences and portions of text;
- textual analysis of a contemporary Italian text and commentary on the typical traits in relation to the variety of language.
The exam is held in Italian.
The evaluation will take into account the ability to recognize linguistic phenomena and traits in the texts, the syntactic correctness and lexical appropriateness of the exposition, the clarity and completeness of the contents presented, the coherent and conscious use of the technical terminology of linguistics, the ability to judge in the evaluation of a text.
The evaluation is expressed in thirtieths, taking into account a five-level evaluation system: band E (18-19-20), band D (21-22-23), band C (25), band B (26-27), band A (28-29-30 and 30 with honours).
Texts
2) Testi e materiali discussi, analizzati ed elaborati durante il corso.
3) Salvatore E., Esercizi di linguistica italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino 2022.
Program for non-attending students
1) Librandi R. (a cura di), L’italiano: strutture, usi, varietà, Roma, Carocci 2019 (tranne cap. 6).
2) Salvatore E., Esercizi di linguistica italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino 2022.
3) Silvia Ballarè - Ilaria Fiorentini - Emanuele Miola (a cura di), Le varietà dell'italiano contemporaneo, Roma, Carocci 2024 (tranne capp. 4, 8, 9, 10 e 11).
N.B.: All students are advised, if necessary, to consult the grammar De Santis C., Prandi M., Grammatica essenziale e ragionata. Per insegnare, per imparare, Novara, UTET Università 2020.
For CPR STUDENTS - Elementi di grammatica italiana
Aprile M. (2021), Manuale di base di linguistica e di grammatica italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino (tranne capp. I, II e IX)
Contents
2. Phonology of Italian, with particular reference to regional variants;
3. Inflectional morphology of Italian;
4. Sentence and period syntax;
5. Marked syntax;
6. Fundamentals of valence grammar;
7. The textuality of Italian: coherence and cohesion;
8. Derivative morphology of Italian;
9. Composition of the Italian lexicon;
10. Standard Italian; The main features of Italian in movement; The varieties of Italian
11. Regional Italian;
12. Spoken Italian;
13. Journalistic Italian;
14. Specialist Italian: medical language and legal-administrative language.
For CPR students who have included the course **"Elementi di grammatica italiana"** in their study plan, the course covers the following topics:
1. History and geography of the Italian language;
2. Italian phonology, with particular reference to regional variation;
3. Inflectional morphology of Italian;
4. Sentence and clause syntax;
5. Marked syntactic structures;
6. Fundamentals of valency grammar;
7. Italian textuality: coherence and cohesion;
8. Derivational morphology of Italian;
9. The composition of the Italian lexicon;
10. Language and social variation.
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