HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE L.M.
(objectives)
The student will acquire the knowledge of the aspects, moments, questions, texts of the Italian linguistic history from the Origins to the present, with particular attention to the most ancient phases of our language and with particular reference to the medieval and Renaissance ones of the median area, and with specific attention to some paradigmatic cases. He will also acquire knowledge of the origins and foundations of Italian dialectology examined from a historical point of view.
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Code
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20703166 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Module:
(objectives)
The course aims to analyze in depth topics, issues and authors who, for various reasons, represent crucial turning points in the history of the Italian language. The course will focus on literary Italian (ancient and modern), but will also examine other uses and registers of the language, such as jargons, technical languages and semiliterate production, taking into account the complex geolinguistic situation of the Italian territory, where dialects and minority languages play even today an important role. With regard in particular to the earliest phases of the language, texts of outstanding interest, both in prose and in poetry, will be read and commented upon in detail. The student will therefore acquire an in-depth knowledge of the historical development of the Italian language its earliest attestations to the present. (S)He will furthermore acquire the ability to apply with confidence the methodology of linguistic analysis to literary and non-literary texts, also in a diachronic perspective.
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Code
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20703166-1 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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6
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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L-FIL-LET/12
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Contact Hours
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36
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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GIOVANARDI CLAUDIO
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Attendance
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not mandatory
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Module:
(objectives)
The course aims to analyze in depth topics, issues and authors who, for various reasons, represent crucial turning points in the history of the Italian language. The course will focus on literary Italian (ancient and modern), but will also examine other uses and registers of the language, such as jargons, technical languages and semiliterate production, taking into account the complex geolinguistic situation of the Italian territory, where dialects and minority languages play even today an important role. With regard in particular to the earliest phases of the language, texts of outstanding interest, both in prose and in poetry, will be read and commented upon in detail. The student will therefore acquire an in-depth knowledge of the historical development of the Italian language its earliest attestations to the present. (S)He will furthermore acquire the ability to apply with confidence the methodology of linguistic analysis to literary and non-literary texts, also in a diachronic perspective.
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Code
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20703166-2 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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6
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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L-FIL-LET/12
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Contact Hours
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36
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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D'ACHILLE PAOLO
(syllabus)
Roman dialect from the Middle Age to nowadays
(reference books)
1) Pietro Trifone, Storia linguistica di Roma, Roma, Carocci, 2008. 2) Marcello Teodonio, La letteratura romanesca. Antologia dei testi dalla fine del Cinquecento al 1870, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2004. 3) Paolo D'Achille, Antonella Stefinlongo, Anna Maria Boccafurni, Lasciatece parlà. Il romanesco nell'Italia di oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2012.
Attending students can replace some chapters of volumes 2-3) with notes and materials provided in class.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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