Università Roma Tre

The course aims to describe the phenomena that characterized the transition from vernacular Latin to Italian in the fields of phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon, so as to allow students to achieve a good knowledge of the concepts and tools of analysis offered by historical grammar. The analysis of the birth and evolution of the vernacular will be accompanied by a historical-cultural and social contextualization: the salient moments of the history of Italian from the Origins to the contemporary age will be addressed, with particular attention to the progressive emergence of supra-local varieties and of a common Italian. The second part of the course will be dedicated to textual linguistics: students will acquire the skills and tools necessary to analyze texts belonging to different eras and textual genres.

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D’Achille, Paolo (2019), Breve grammatica storica dell’italiano, Roma, Carocci (terza edizione).
Giovanardi, Claudio / De Roberto, Elisa (2018), L’italiano. Strutture, comunicazione, testi, Milano, Bruno Mondadori / Pearson