LINGUISTICA E GLOTTOLOGIA

The course aims to provide the students of Classical Philology with the coordinates of the European Indo-Europeanization process, first (in prehistoric times), and the formation of linguistic Europe as it is presented today, then (between the end of the 1st and the 2nd millennium). In the perspective of a) to present an overview of the theoretical and historical problems of the formation of the European linguistic framework, also in the light of typical situations of medieval and modern Europe, of different periods and geographical and historical-cultural context, and b) to reflect, with historical awareness through theoretical models of linguistics, on the dynamics of language change and conservation.

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

The course is divided into three modules:

1. The Indo-Europeanization of the European Continent (2CFU).
2. Latin, Romance and other languages in medieval and modern Europe (2CFU).
3. The Sicilian plurilingualism in the Middle Ages (2CFU).

1. The Indo-Europeanization of the European Continent (2CFU)

• Villar F., Gli indoeuropei e le origini dell’Europa, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008 [pp. pp. 15- 195 e 343-655];

1. Latin, Romance and other languages in medieval and modern Europe (2 CFU)

• Banfi, E. (a cura di), La formazione dell’Europa linguistica: le lingue d’Europa tra la fine del I e del II millennio, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1993, pp. 1-193; 255-424.
• Lazzeroni, R. (a cura di), Linguistica storica, Roma, Carocci, 2012, pp. 13-54 (Il mutamento linguistico).

1. The Sicilian plurilingualism in the Middle Ages (2CFU)

• Valenti I., Per una storia del contatto interlinguistico in Sicilia nell’epoca normanno-sveva, uniniversity pantry (materials will be provided by the teacher)
• Vàrvaro, A. e Sornicola, R., Considerazioni sul multilinguismo in Sicilia e a Napoli nel primo Medioevo, Bollettino Linguistico Campano - 13/14, 2008, pp. 49-66.

[http://wpage.unina.it/sornicol/Articoli/MultilinguismoSiciliaNapoliMedioevo-BLC.pdf].

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