The teaching will contribute to achieving the learning objectives of the Course of Study in Philology, linguistics and literary traditions, in particular:

Knowledge and Understanding

In-depth knowledge of the main features of the Italian language (as expected by the learning objectives of the degree Course); knowledge of the main typologies of written texts and their features in ancient Italian; familiarity with the scholarly debate on continuity or discontinuity of the structures of the Italian languages(even compared to other Romance varieties) over the centuries.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

Ability to examine a text and describe its phonological, morphological, syntactical and lexical features; ability to recognise a text (written or spoken) also in relation to its textual typology; ability to use specialist reference tools (grammars, dictionaries, archives) for the purposes of linguistic analysis; ability to collect first-hand linguistic data and organise them for in-depth analysis (as expected by learning objectives of the Course).

Independence of Judgement Critical thinking skills

Ability to judge independently the accuracy and coherence of a linguistic

analysis on the basis of available data and the methods of investigation employed; ability to assess the communicational adequacy of a text in relation to its context and purposes. Communications skills

Ability to present the learnt content, with full mastery of the written and spoken language, with reference to both specialised and non-specialised communication (as expected by the learning objectives of the degree course).

Learning Capacity

Complete mastery of research and analysis methodologies in the linguistic field, which fulfills the entry requirement for higher education courses such as doctoral degrees, master’s and secondary-school teaching qualifications. Such skills may be applied professionally in publishing houses, public/private research and cultural institutes and cultural and academic foundations (as expected by the learning objectives of the degree Course).