The course of Linguistics and Communication aims to provide the students:
1) 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 latest tools of Italian lexicography, for effective use of the vocabulary of the language in its various occasions;
3) reflection methods on interlinguistics and on effects of contact between different languages, with examples relating particularly to the linguistic and cultural situation of the Sicily and the sicilian.
Through lab work activities (hence the term "General Linguistics with Lab"), the student will be able to:
acquire the necessary phonetic transcription skills (eg, for the consultation of any dictionary, Italian and foreign);
understand and know to represent, according to certain theoretical data, the morphological structure of Italian words;
understand the lexical nature of idiomatic expressions;
understand the structure of the syntactic and textural constructions of Italian;
find in the linguistic repertoire the complex stratification of the lexicon, both in relation to the language and in relation to the Sicilian (by entering more in direct contact with some of the research topics of the teacher).
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.
Basic principles of linguistics (5 CFU)
Texts:
G. Graffi, S. Scalise, Le lingue e il linguaggio. Introduzione alla linguistica, Il Mulino, 2013, pp. 344.
R.A. DE BEAUGRANDE, W. U. DRESSLER, Introduzione alla linguistica testuale, Il Mulino, 1994 [19811], pp. 1-28.
Vocabulary and dictionaries (2 CFU)
Texts:
M. Aprile, Dalle parole ai dizionari, Il Mulino, 2009, pp. 1-231.
Introduzione to Grande Dizionario della Lingua italiana (GraDIt), di T. De Mauro, Utet, Torino, 1999, vol. I, pp. VII-XLII (to integrate with the Introduzioni to vol. VII [2004, pp. VII-XVI] e al vol. VIII [2007, pp. VII-XIII]).
Postfazione to Grande Dizionario della Lingua italiana (GraDIt), di T. De Mauro, Utet, Torino, 2000, vol. VI, pp. 1163-1183.
Presentazione - La trama del dizionario di F. Sabatini - V. Coletti eds., Dizionario della lingua italiana, Sansoni, Varese 2012, pp. 7-16.
Non-attending students will also refer to the slides of the lectures (STUDIUM).
Lingue e culture europeee (ed extraeuropee) in Sicilia (2 CFU)
Texts:
Salvatore C. Trovato, Iride Valenti, Lingua e storia [in Sicily], in G. Ruffino (a cura di), Lingue e culture in Sicilia, Centro di Studi Filologici e Linguistici Siciliani, Palermo, 2013, pp. 1-89.
Iride Valenti, Fatti di interferenza linguistica e culturale in Sicilia, Euno Edizioni, 2014, pp. 1-90.
Basic principles of linguistics (5 CFU)
Texts:
Non-attending students and those who want to better understand the topics in this module can also refer to:
Vocaboulary and dictionaries (2 CFU)
Texts:
3. M. Aprile, Dalle parole ai dizionari, Il Mulino, 2009, pp. 1-231.
4a. Introduzione al Grande Dizionario della Lingua italiana (GraDIt), di T. De Mauro, Utet, Torino, 1999, vol. I, pp. VII-XLII (da integrare con le Introduzioni al Vol. VII [2004, pp. VII-XVI] e al vol. VIII [2007, pp. VII-XIII]).
4b. Postfazione al Grande Dizionario della Lingua italiana (GraDIt), di T. De Mauro, Utet, Torino, 2000, vol. VI, pp. 1163-1183.
5. Presentazione - La trama del dizionario di F. Sabatini - V. Coletti, Dizionario della lingua italiana, Sansoni, Varese 2012, pp. 7-16.
Non-attending students will also refer to the slides of the lectures (STUDIUM).
Interlinguistic contact in sicily (2 CFU)
Texts:
6. Salvatore C. Trovato, Iride Valenti, Lingua e storia [in Sicilia], in G. Ruffino (a cura di), Lingue e culture in Sicilia, Centro di Studi Filologici e Linguistici Siciliani, Palermo, 2013, pp. 1-89.
7. Iride Valenti, Fatti di interferenza linguistica e culturale in Sicilia, Euno Edizioni, 2014, pp. 1-90.
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