GENERAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017/2018

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Disciplinary Sector:

HISTORICAL AND GENERAL LINGUISTICS

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

TOSO Fiorenzo

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Good general knowledge and good knowledge of the Italian language, ability to reflect on the aims and functions of the language.

AF code:

40002371

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Multiple-choice test. Open-answer test

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The course aims to provide students with the principles and methods of analysis necessary to understand language as a system of communication, and to give general information about forms and means of verbal communication, the connotative function of the language and its related historical, cultural and social
aspects.

Contents

As well as the basics of the discipline, we will encourage reflection on the use of the components, functions and varieties of language, stimulating the control of linguistic practice in its social context; students will be introduced to topics of historical and applied linguistics from phenomena of multiculturalism and multilingualism to sociolinguistic and ethno-linguistic topics.

Recommended Bibliography

Fiorenzo Toso, "Corso di linguistica generale e applicata" (dispense online); Francesca Masini e Nicola Grandi (cur.), "Tutto ciò che hai sempre voluto sapere sul linguaggio e sulle lingue", Cesena-Bologna, Caissa Italia 2017; manuale consigliato: Tullio De Mauro, "Linguistica elementare", Roma-Bari, Laterza (diverse edd.)

Teaching Methods

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