LINGUISTICA E GLOTTOLOGIA

L-LIN/01 - 6 CFU - 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

IRIDE VALENTI


Learning Objectives

The course aims at providing the students with the coordinates of the process of Indo-Europeanization (the process of spread and proliferation of Indo-European languages and cultures) in prehistoric times. The course proposes a) to present an overview of the theoretical and historical problems of the formation of the European linguistic framework, also in light of some typical situations of medieval and modern Europe, of different periods and geographical and historical-cultural context, and b) to reflect with historical awareness upon the dynamics of linguistic change and conservation.

The reference to some case studies such as multilingualism in Sicily in medieval times will allow to introduce students into the research lab of the teacher and to show them a research in progress.


Course Structure

The course aims at providing the students with the coordinates of the process of Indo-Europeanization (the process of spread and proliferation of Indo-European languages and cultures) in prehistoric times. The course proposes a) to present an overview of the theoretical and historical problems of the formation of the European linguistic framework, also in light of some typical situations of medieval and modern Europe, of different periods and geographical and historical-cultural context, and b) to reflect with historical awareness upon the dynamics of linguistic change and conservation.

The reference to some case studies such as multilingualism in Sicily in medieval times will allow to introduce students into the research lab of the teacher and to show them a research in progress.



Detailed Course Content

The course is divided into three modules:

  1. The Indo-Europeanization of the European Continent (2 ECTS).
  2. Linguistic change (2 ECTS).
  3. The Sicilian plurilingualism in the Middle Ages (2 ECTS).


Textbook Information

A. The Indo-Europeanization of the European Continent (3 ECTS)

 

B. Linguistic change (2 ECTS)

Theory:

Reference works:

 

C. Interlinguistic contact in Sicily (1 ECTS)

 

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