Università Roma Tre

This is an introductive course to sociolinguistics. The epistemological setting of this branch of knowledge will be discussed, and its basic elements and tools will be introduced. Specific attention will be paid to two major sociolinguistic approaches, i.e. correlational and interactional sociolinguistics.

Berruto, G. – M. Cerruti, (2015), Manuale di sociolinguistica, Torino, UTET

Additional material will be provided during the course.

Presentation of the essential notions of the typology, such as the relationship between typology and universals, the notion of 'type' at the various analysis levels, and the relationship of typology with sociolinguistics, language teaching, areal comparison, and genetic comparison. Deepening of the mechanisms and explanations of linguistic change, also from the typological perspective. Reflection on the concepts of grammaticalization and reanalysis. Case study on the diachronic typology of the perfect.

Grandi, N., 2003, Fondamenti di tipologia linguistica, Roma, Carocci.
Napoli, M., 2019, Linguistica diacronica, Roma Carocci.