GLOTTOLOGY
GLOTTOLOGIA
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2017/2018 | 6 |
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| Loretta Del Tutto |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims to provide the student
- scientific support - anthropological, biological, cultural - essential to the understanding of the mechanisms that govern the historical languages, with special reference to Italian;
- the theoretical basis of linguistic discipline, and the specific analytical method that enables them to recognize and describe the universal characteristics of human communication, including textual mechanisms
- knowledge of different branches of historical linguistics as the study of cultural and environmental changes through the study of linguistic forms
Program
The program will be carried out as follows:
Glottology autonomous science (12 hours)
- the background to F. Bopp
- The historical-comparative linguistics in organismic paradigm
- The Italian school
Indo-European and historical languages ?? (12 hours)
- the Memoire of Ferdinand de Saussure
- The Indo-European vocalism and the Great Vowel Shift
- The Indo-European consonants and Lautverschiebungen
- Italian as a language of culture
The fundamentals of historical linguistics (12 hours)
- linguistic change
- the language contact
- onomastics and toponymy
- geography of the world's languages:
- The course will enable students to understand the mechanisms of cultural diversity through the ability of conscious observation of linguistic diversity
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
The student will be able to assess the quality of the differences between language and dialect, to know and describe the characteristics of the native language, to distinguish the expressive potential linked to the different registers, using the historical perspective in the approach to forms and meanings
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
personal researches
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
frontal lessons
- Attendance
3/4 of lessons
- Course books
Obligatoriy
- B. PIATTI MORGANTI, PARADIGMI E RIVOLUZIONI NELLA STORIA DEL PENSIERO LINGUISTICO, ARAS EDIZIONI, 2012 (spec. le pp. 275-530)
- L. DEL TUTTO, L'IDEA VIENE PARLANDO, ARAS EDIZIONI, 2015
- Assessment
oral examination
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Course books
Obligatory
- B. PIATTI MORGANTI, PARADIGMI E RIVOLUZIONI NELLA STORIA DEL PENSIERO LINGUISTICO, ARAS EDIZIONI, 2012 (spec. le pp. 275-530)
- L. DEL TUTTO, L'IDEA VIENE PARLANDO, ARAS EDIZIONI, 2015
- AA.VV., LINGUISTICA STORICA, CAROCCI (s.d.)
- Assessment
oral examination
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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