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Teacher
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SVOLACCHIA MARCO
(syllabus)
The course will deal with the prejudices and myths regarding language and languages.
"Language in myth and reality. A survival course against myths and prejudices"
1st part – LANGUAGES
1. Is there such a thing as a superior/inferior language?
2. Are dialects poor imitations of languages?
3. Are languages improving or worsening?
4. How many languages in the world?
5. Is there such a thing as an unpronounceable sound (if you’re not a native speaker)?
2nd part – LANGUAGE
1. Are languages taught to children by mothers?
2. Do animals speak/learn a human language?
3. Why do other people speak weird (and pretend they do not understand me)?
4. Where do new words come from?
5. Is spoken language a poor replica of written language?
(reference books)
1. Svolacchia, M. (manoscritto), Lingue e linguaggio tra mito e realtà (scaricabile da sito web sotto 'materiali'/linguistica e didattica dell'italiano').
2. Graffi, G. – S. Scalise (2003), Le lingue e il linguaggio, il Mulino, Bologna.
3. Svolacchia, M. (2003), Suoni e Lettere, pubblicazione elettronica, CLA, Roma [scaricabile da sito web sotto 'materiali'/linguistica e didattica dell'italiano'].
4. Serianni, L. (2003), Italiani scritti, il Mulino, Bologna.
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