Optional.
N.B.: Non-attending students must necessarily make contact with the lecturer and the Language Experts Collaborators.
The course is divided into four main themes: History of the Arabic language, Dialectology, Variety and Variation, and Sociolinguistics. In addition to a theoretical introduction, each topic will be treated through the analysis of Arabic texts.
In particular, the following will be observed:
Subjects | Text References | |
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1 | Presentazione corso: diffusione della lingua araba | Materiale fornito dal docente |
2 | Verifica conoscenze | Testo fornito dal docente |
3 | Storia della Lingua | Mion G., 2018, La lingua araba. Nuova edizione, Roma, Carocci Editore. |
4 | Storia della lingua | Materiale fornito dal docente |
5 | Dialettologia | EALL, Dialect Geography (Peter Behnstedt), pp. 583–593, vol. 1, EALL, Dialects: Classification (Heikki Palva), pp. 604–613, vol. 1, Holes C., 2018, “Introduction”, in Arabic Historical Dialectology, Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Approaches, Oxford: Oxfor |
6 | Variazione | EALL, Middle Arabic (Jérôme Lentin), pp. 215–224 vol. 3; EALL, Modern Standard Arabic (Ernest N. McCarus), pp. 238–262, vol. 3 |
7 | Sociolinguistica | Bassiouney R., 2020, Arabic Sociolinguistics – Topics in Diglossia, Gender, Identity, and Politics, 2nd edition, Washington DC: Georgetown University Press. (Capitoli 1-3, pp. 10-157 e Capitoli 5-6, pp. 228-344). |
8 | Lingua e Ideologia | Testo fornito dal docente |
Mandatory written test
Mandatory oral test
Two in itinere tests are foreseen, one written (comprehension and critical commentary on the texts) and one oral (in the form of a seminar presentation), aimed at ascertaining the acquisition of the topics addressed during the course. The grade for the in itinere tests will be averaged with the mandatory written test and the final oral test.
For the assessment of the examination, account will be taken of the candidate's mastery of the content and skills acquired, linguistic accuracy and lexical propriety, as well as his or her ability to argue.
Knowledge and skills required to pass the examination:
Knowing the evolution of the Arabic language; knowing the methodological approaches useful in the study of Arabic dialectology; being able to analyse Arabic texts of various kinds (written and oral) and recognising and interpreting the phenomena of linguistic variation; being able to identify and interpret the phenomena of code-switching and leveling from a sociolinguistic point of view.
How does Ferguson define Arabic diglossia?
How does one define triglossia?
What are the major phenomena of linguistic variation?
What does intrafrasal code-switching consist of?
What is Matrix Language Theory?
What are the problems involved in diglossic variation in written production?
How can Arabic dialects be classified?
What are the major isoglosses that differentiate Bedouin dialects from sedentary dialects?
What are the historical stages of the process of Arabisation in the Maghreb?
What are the main morphosyntactic characteristics of Middle Arabic?