Università Roma Tre

The Course “General Linguistics 3” falls within the domain of the Basic learning activities labelled “Philology, General and Applied Linguistics” of the Degree Course in Languages and Cultural-Linguistic Mediation, specifically the activities aiming at providing adequate tools for the analysis and the theoretical study of languages and language.
The Course is divided into two modules, according to the student’s choice: 1st module ("Typology, universals and brain") and 2nd module ("Diacrony").
The module “Typology, universals and the brain” has the aim of providing the foundations of linguistic typology, with special reference to morphological and syntactic typology. Typology and Universals. Biological conditions for language.
The module “Diachrony” has the aim of providing basic knowledge in relation to linguistic change, at different levels of analysis, and to Indo-European comparison, with attention also to areal and typological comparison.
Expected learning outcomes:
-The students of the 1st module will know the basic concepts of linguistic typology, of universals and biological basis of language (Typology, universal and the brain).
- The students of the 2nd module will have basic knowledge on linguistic change, on the reconstruction of Indo-European, and on the genetic, areal, and typological comparison.