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Single discipline educational activity
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Knowledge of the fundamental notions of Italian linguistic history and Italian historical grammar, acquired through the course of History of the Italian Language.
Objectives Contents After introducing some general notions of sociolinguistics and geolinguistics (language, dialect, linguistic variety, repertoire, continuum, linguistic area and isogloss), we will reflect on the vitality of dialect in Italian society and review the methods, tools and techniques of dialectological research. The second part of the course will present a classification and an internal description of the main dialectal types in Italy.
Extended Syllabus Arguments dealt with in the lessons: general notions of sociolinguistics and geolinguistics: language, dialect, variety, repertoire, continuum, linguistic area and isogloss; the opaque dialect; the transparent dialect; the archaic dialect; dialect and intellectual culture; dialect in the city; spoken dialect and written dialect; sources and tools for the knowledge of dialects; classification and internal description of the main dialectal types of Italy (northern, Tuscan, median, southern, extreme southern dialects).
Recommended Bibliography 1) Carla Marcato, Dialetto, dialetti e italiano, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012 (New edition).
2) Michele Loporcaro, Profilo linguistico dei dialetti italiani, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2009, pp. 59-170 only.
3) Notes and slides of the lessons. Non-attending tudents who will study entirely the volume by Loporcaro, Profilo linguistico dei dialetti italiani.
Teaching Methods 42 hours, subdivided into teacher up front lessons, exercises and
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Oral exam with marks out of 30, aimed at verifying the ability to expose the arguments presented during the course with clarity and autonomy of
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