ITALIAN LINGUISTICS

This course is part of the Bachelor Degree in Humanities (Lettere), curriculum of Science of the literary text and communication. The course aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of the internal structures and socio-linguistic uses and contexts of Italian. Special attention will be given to particular aspects in the field of phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary.

By the end of the course students are expected to:
- acquire the main principles of linguistics, as far as different levels of analysis are concerned, with regard to the specific features of the Italian language;
- be able to use correctly linguistic terminology concerning the internal structures of Italian and its different uses in the society (with special regard to semantics and lexicology);
- know the basic bibliographical instruments of the discipline;
- be able to study the reference texts, by hierarchizing information and allowing notions to interact mutually;
- develop specific knowledge in the field of Italian phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary.

Students planning to attend this course should have already attended at least one course of Principles of Linguistics and/or History of the Italian language.

Introduction to Italian linguistics.

The course will deal with the main linguistic aspects of contemporary Italian, with regard to phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary. In addition, students will be offered insights into particularly relevant topics. Exercises in preparation for the examination are planned as well.

Massimo Palermo, Linguistica italiana, Bologna, il Mulino, 2020 (second edition).

Lesson notes and handouts given in class, which will be available on Moodle, are also part of the course material.

Non-attending students will be required to study an additional text, chosen from the following:

- Pietro Maturi, I suoni delle lingue, i suoni dell'italiano. Nuova introduzione alla fonetica, Bologna, il Mulino, 2014;
- Maurizio Dardano, Costruire parole. La morfologia derivativa dell'italiano, Bologna, il Mulino, 2009;
- Cristina De Santis, La sintassi della frase semplice, Bologna, il Mulino, 2021.

Students are invited (without any obligation) to practice their knowledge by using the following book: Eugenio Salvatore, Esercizi di linguistica italiana, Bologna, il Mulino, 2022.

Students will have to pass a written exam of one and a half hour (with both closed and open questions). Students should demonstrate their knowledge of the topics discussed in class and illustrated in the reference texts. In particular, students are expected to demonstrate their knowledge in the field of Italian linguistics. Students should be able to use of a convenient scientific terminology.

Assessment Criteria:
A. scores in the 18-22 range will be awarded in the presence of:
- acceptable but just sufficient or slightly more than sufficient knowledge of the program;
B. scores in band 23-26 will be awarded in the presence of:
- fair knowledge of the exam syllabus;
- fair text analysis and expository skills (some inaccuracy in the use of discipline-specific language is noted);
C. scores in the 27-30 range and honors will be awarded in the presence of:
- good, very good or excellent knowledge of the syllabus;
- good, very good or excellent text analysis and expository skills, with full mastery/knowledge of the technical language of the discipline (27-30) and personal critical contribution (30L).

Frontal lessons; all the texts discussed in class will be available on the e-learning platform moodle.unive.it. Part of the lessons will be devoted to exercises in the field of Italian Linguistics.

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