Università Roma Tre

Contemporary Italian: structures and use.

The exam will focus on the texts in the program and on the topics presented during the lessons.
The exam consists of an interview on the topics of the program in order to verify:
1) the depth and breadth of the knowledge acquired;
2) the property of language;
3) the ability to critically link issues and problems addressed.

The course analyzes the structures of contemporary Italian (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, vocabulary). There will be references to the linguistic norm and dialects. Some literary and other texts will be commented on.

C. Giovanardi - E. De Roberto, The Italian. Structures, communication, texts, Milan, Pearson, 2018.

The course aims to illustrate the structures and trends of contemporary Italian at all levels of linguistic analysis (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon). It will further consider variational aspects (standard language versus dialects, and regional and popular varieties; differences between written, spoken and media usage; main textual typologies; evolution of the standard norm etc.). At the end of the course the student will be in the position to evaluate in its context and comment on from a linguistic perspective a non-literary text (written or spoken) of contemporary Italian.

- Paolo D’Achille, L’italiano contemporaneo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2010.

- Francesco Sabatini, Analisi del linguaggio giuridico. Il testo normativo in una tipologia generale dei testi, in Corso di studi superiori legislativi 1988-89, ed. Mario D’Antonio, Padova, Cedam, 1990, pp. 675-724 (also available in Francesco Sabatini, L’italiano nel mondo moderno, vol. II, Tra grammatica e testi, Napoli, Liguori, 2012, pp. 273-320; photocopies are available in the print-shop opposite the main entrance of the Faculty).