THEORY OF LANGUAGE

M-FIL/05 - 9 CFU - 1° Semester

Teaching Staff

MARCO MAZZONE


Detailed Course Content

An overview of cognitive linguistics, from the Chomskian framework to the main recent trends (embodiment, usage-based and construction grammars). Cognitive models of lexical understanding. A case study for those notions and models: the processing in the second language.



Textbook Information

C. Bazzanella, Linguistica cognitiva. Un’introduzione, Laterza.
M. Mazzone, ‘Linguistica cognitiva’, in A. Pennisi e P. Perconti, Le scienze cognitive del linguaggio, il Mulino (pp. 93-133).
C. Faschilli, Come comprendiamo le parole, Mondadori.
S. Rastelli, Il processing nella seconda lingua, Carocci.




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