GENERAL LINGUISTICS WITH LABORATORY

The course of Linguistics and Communication aims to provide the students:
1) elements and methods of analysis necessary to grasp the basic principles of the complex functioning and change of their own language, both oral and written, i.e. in a perspective synchronic, diachronic and typological analysis;

2) the skills necessary to consciously use the latest tools of Italian lexicography, for effective use of the vocabulary of the language in its various occasions;

3) insights into the mechanisms for the formation of multiword expressions and idiomatic phrases.

Through lab work activities (hence the term "General Linguistics with Lab"), the student will be able to:

• acquire the necessary phonetic transcription skills (eg, for the consultation of any dictionary, Italian and foreign);
• understand and know to represent, according to certain theoretical data, the morphological structure of Italian words;
• understand the lexical nature of idiomatic expressions;
• understand the structure of the syntactic and textural constructions of Italian.

The program also takes into account the ministry guidelines for teaching in the state secondary school; since the National Curriculum attributes a significant number of credits to this course, students are strongly recommended to take it.

The course of Linguistics and Communication aims to provide the students:
1) elements and methods of analysis necessary to grasp the basic principles of the complex functioning and change of their own language, both oral and written, i.e. in a perspective synchronic, diachronic and typological analysis;

2) the skills necessary to consciously use the latest tools of Italian lexicography, for effective use of the vocabulary of the language in its various occasions;

Through lab work activities (hence the term "General Linguistics with Lab"), the student will be able to:

• acquire the necessary phonetic transcription skills (eg, for the consultation of any dictionary, Italian and foreign);
• understand and know to represent, according to certain theoretical data, the morphological structure of Italian words;
• understand the lexical nature of idiomatic expressions;

The program also takes into account the ministry guidelines for teaching in the state secondary school; since the National Curriculum attributes a significant number of credits to this course, students are strongly recommended to take it.

The course is divided into two modules:

1. Fundamentals of linguistics. Levels of linguistic analysis (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics). Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics. Linguistic typology. Text linguistics. Report orality / writing (→ see below).

2. Vocaboulary and dictionaries: Linguistic and multimedia technology: vocabulary, dictionaries and dictionaries “dell’uso” (current use of language) (→ see below).

1. Basic principles of linguistics (5 CFU)

Texts:

• G. Graffi, S. Scalise, Le lingue e il linguaggio. Introduzione alla linguistica, Il Mulino, 2013, pp. 344.
• G. Gobber, M. Morani, Linguistica generale (il cap. 8 “Elementi di linguistica del testo”, pp. 133-146), 2014.
• Lecture notes.

Non-attending students and those who want to better understand the topics in this module can also refer to:

• Slides of the lectures (STUDIUM.it)
• A. Mioni, Fonematica contrastiva, Patron, 1973;
• P. Maturi, I suoni delle lingue, i suoni dell’italiano, Il Mulino, 2006.
• M. Nespor, Fonologia, Il Mulino, 1993.
• S.Scalise, Morfologia, il Mulino, 1994.
• R.A. De Beaugrande, W.U. Dressler, Introduzione alla linguistica testuale, Il Mulino, 1994 [19811], pp. 1-28.

1. Vocaboulary and dictionaries (4 CFU)

Texts:

• M. Aprile, Dalle parole ai dizionari, Il Mulino, 2015 [terza edizione], pp. 11-231.
• M.Voghera, Polirematiche. in Grossmann M., Rainer F. (a cura di), La formazione delle parole in italiano, Tubingen, Niemeyer 2004, pp. 56-69.
• Salvatore C. Trovato, Il proverbio come oggetto lessicografico (quasi una norma redazionale), in T. Franceschi (a cura di), Ragionamenti intorno al proverbio, Edizioni dell’Orso, 2011: 83-92.
• Introduzione al Grande Dizionario della Lingua italiana (GraDIt), di T. De Mauro, Utet, Torino, 1999, vol. I, pp. VII-XLII (da integrare con le Introduzioni al Vol. VII [2004, pp. VII-XVI] e al vol. VIII [2007, pp. VII-XIII]).
• Postfazione al Grande Dizionario della Lingua italiana (GraDIt), di T. De Mauro, Utet, Torino, 2000, vol. VI, pp. 1163-1183.
• Presentazione - La trama del dizionario di F. Sabatini - V. Coletti, Dizionario della lingua italiana, Sansoni, Varese 2012, pp. 7-16.
• Appunti dalle lezioni.

Non-attending students will also refer to the slides of the lectures (STUDIUM).