GENERAL LINGUISTICS WITH LABORATORY

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) insights into the mechanisms for the formation of multiword expressions and idiomatic phrases.

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.

   

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.

The course is divided in three modules:

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

B. Vocabulary and dictionaries: Linguistic and multimedia technology: vocabulary, dictionaries and dictionaries “dell’uso” (current use of language) (→ see below).

C. Multiword expressions in italian lexicon (→ see below).

1. 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 (il cap. 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;
• P. Maturi, I suoni delle lingue, i suoni dell’italiano, Il Mulino, 2006.
• M. Nespor, Fonologia, Il Mulino, 1993.
• S.Scalise, Morfologia, il Mulino, 1994.
• R.A. De Beaugrande, W.U. Dressler, Introduzione alla linguistica testuale, Il Mulino, 1994 [19811], pp. 1-28.

B. Vocaboulary 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), T. De Mauro ed., Utet, Torino, 1999, vol. I, pp. VII-XLII (to integrate with the Introduzioni to vol. VII [2004, pp. VII-XVI] and vol. VIII [2007, pp. VII-XIII]).
• Postfazione to Grande Dizionario della Lingua italiana (GraDIt), T. De Mauro ed., Utet, Torino, 2000, vol. VI, pp. 1163-1183.
• Presentazione - La trama del dizionario, 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).

C. Multiword expressions in italian lexicon (2 CFU)

Texts:

• M.Voghera, Polirematiche. in Grossmann M., Rainer F. (a cura di), La formazione delle parole in italiano, Tubingen, Niemeyer 2004, pp. 56-69.
• De Mauro, T., Voghera, M., Scala mobile. Un punto di vista sui lessemi complessi, in P. Benincà et al. (a cua di), Italiano e dialetti nel tempo. Saggi di grammatica per Giulio C. Lepschy, Roma, Bulzoni, 1996, pp. 99-131.
• Casadei, F., L’italiano idiomatico, in R. Petrilli, L’italiano da esportazione. Discorsi e italianismi stilistici. Perugia, Guerra Edizioni, 2011, pp. pp. 235-243.
• Salvatore C. Trovato, Il proverbio come oggetto lessicografico (quasi una norma redazionale), in T. Franceschi (a cura di), Ragionamenti intorno al proverbio, Edizioni dell’Orso, 2011: 83-92.

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.