LINGUA DEI SEGNI ITALIANA (LIS) III

The main methodological tools to analyse and understand social variation and language in LIS will be analysed in relationship to various different theroretical perspectives in sociolinguistics, sociology of language and ethnography of communication. The main learning objectives consists in building a theoretical and practical awareness of the social functioning of a minority oral language, such as LIS and of the main problems in translating and intepreting it. Social variation and language will be explored d into depth with a comparative approach together with the social, cultural aspects of the Deaf Community.

Frontal lessons and cooperative learning. Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

Knowledge and understanding

The course aims at promoting an in-depth knowledge of social variation and registers in LIS.

Applying knowledge and understanding:

The course intends to provide students with the skill of analysing critically language and the models developed to analyse it in order to elicit the different conception of language and to reflect on a multimodal model of the translation process.

making judgement:

The awareness on the language concept and its different levels of analysis, as well as the variables that can affect it, make students capable of express judgements and of evaluating the nature of the linguistic and translation event.

communication skills:

Thinking and talking about language require a technical register that allow to describe linguistic events in an accurate way. This course aims then at providing students with this technical register and accuracy.