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84879 - General Linguistics L (CL1)

Academic Year 2017/2018

                
                        Docente:
                        Gloria Gagliardi
                    
                        Credits:
                        5
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Forli
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the students will acquire an exhaustive knowledge of theoretical and methodological foundations of language sciences. The course will provide the students with the basic notions and procedures for linguistic analysis, as well as with the appropriate terminology. At the end of the course, the students will be able to analyze the structure and functions of different types of texts.

Course contents

The course introduces undergraduate students to the study of human language, and its role in human interaction.
First of all, the course presents the semiotic basis of language, together with the notions of "human language" and "natural languages” (which can vary across space and society, and which can be classified from a genealogical viewpoint).
The core of the course deals with the main theoretical areas of linguistics: phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.

Language use in everyday conversation will be investigated, highlighting both the variability and systematic nature of all levels of linguistic structure.

Readings/Bibliography

M. Prandi, C. De Santis, Le regole e le scelte. Manuale di linguistica e di grammatica italiana, UTET, 2011.
Berruto, G. & Cerruti, M. (2011). La linguistica. Un corso introduttivo. Torino: UTET.

Teaching methods

The course is mainly based on traditional lectures.

Assessment methods

Students are reminded that attending the lectures is compulsory (at least 70%); non-attending students will not be admitted to the final test.

The overall mark for the whole course is obtained by averaging the marks obtained in the examinations for the two constituent modules:
Italian Language (prof. Gatta) and General Lingusitics (prof. Gagliardi).

The assessment will be carried out by means of a written examination.

Teaching tools

PowerPoint slides and other resourses will be used in order to illustrate the contents and to provide examples and schemas.

Teaching materials will be available on Moodle.

Office hours

See the website of Gloria Gagliardi