GENERAL LINGUISTICS WITH LABORATORY A - L

The course of “General Linguistics with Lab” aims to provide the students with:

1) the 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 tools of Italian lexicography, learning to recognize the phonic-graphic, morphological, semantic and syntactic properties of the different lexemes;

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

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

• acquire the necessary phonetic transcription skills (e.g., for the consultation of any dictionary, Italian and foreign, and in order to utter the sounds of language distinguishing standard pronunciations from regional and local ones);
• understand and represent, according to given theoretical models, the morphological structure of Italian words;
• understand the lexical nature of idiomatic expressions;
• understand Italian syntactic and textual structures;
• properly use up-to-date Italian dictionaries

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.

Traditional and shared lessons.

The course is divided into two modules:

A. Fundamentals of linguistics (5 cfu): Levels of linguistic analysis (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics). Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics. Linguistic typology. Text linguistics. Report orality / writing (→ see below).

B. Vocaboulary and dictionaries (4 cfu): vocabulary, dictionaries and dictionaries “dell’uso” (current use of language) (→ see below).

A. 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 (chapter 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, pp. 1-73 (Introduction + chapter I “Italiano”).
• P. Maturi, I suoni delle lingue, i suoni dell’italiano, Il Mulino, 2006, pp. 1-179.
• M. Nespor, Fonologia, Il Mulino, 1993, pp. 1-348.
• S. Scalise, A. Bisetto, La struttura delle parole, Il Mulino, 2008, pp. 1-286.
• R.A. De Beaugrande, W.U. Dressler, Introduzione alla linguistica testuale, Il Mulino, 1994 [1981¹], pp. 1-28.
• N. La Fauci, Compendio di sintassi, Il Mulino, 2009, pp. 1-238.

B. Vocaboulary and dictionaries (4 CFU)

Texts:

• M. Aprile, Dalle parole ai dizionari, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2015 [latest edition], pp. 11-231.
• Francesca Masini, “Parole polirematiche”, in: Enciclopedia dell’Italiano, UTET, 2010, pp. 1109-1112 [online: http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/parole-polirematiche_(Enciclopedia-dell'Italiano)/ ]
• Salvatore C. Trovato, Il proverbio come oggetto lessicografico (quasi una norma redazionale), in: T. Franceschi (ed.), Ragionamenti intorno al proverbio, Edizioni dell’Orso, 2011, pp. 83-92.
• Grande Dizionario della Lingua italiana (GraDIt), di T. De Mauro, Utet, Torino, chapters I-VI, 1999 + vol. VII, 2004, chapter VIII, 2007: the student will have to study the following parts: i) Introduzione, vol. I, pp. VII-XLII; ii) Postfazione, vol. VI, pp. 1163-1183. [available for free consultation at the library]
• Presentazione - La trama del dizionario di F. Sabatini - V. Coletti, Dizionario della lingua italiana, Sansoni, Varese 2012, pp. 7-16. [available for free consultation at the library]
• Lecture notes*.

*Non-attending students will also refer to:

• The slides of the lectures (STUDIUM).
• C. Marello, Lessico e dizionari, Zanichelli, 1986, pp. 1-259.
• M.Voghera, Polirematiche, in: Grossmann M., Rainer F. (eds), La formazione delle parole in italiano, Tubingen, Niemeyer 2004, pp. 56-69. [available for free consultation at the library]
• W. Schweickard, “Dizionario”, in: Enciclopedia dell’Italiano, UTET, 2010, pp. 395-398 [online http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/dizionario_(Enciclopedia-dell'Italiano)/ ]

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.