HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in HUMANITIES

Disciplinary Sector:

ITALIAN LINGUISTICS

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

MATT Luigi

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

A goog knowledge of the italian grammar.

AF code:

40001454

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

The test consists of an oral examination about the subjects broached during the course.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The most important formative aim is to promote an aware critical reflection about the subjects discussed during the course, and to stimulate a reading of texts focused on the linguistic structure.

Contents

Features of history of the Italian language. The main stages of the Italian linguistic history will be gone along, from the origin to the present time, with particular attention to these following subjects: the literary language; the “language matter”; the development of lexicon.

Recommended Bibliography

- Claudio Marazzini, La lingua italiana. Profilo storico (Il Mulino);
- Giovanni Adamo-Valeria Della Valle, Le parole del lessico italiano (Carocci);
- Luigi Matt, La narrativa del Novecento (Il Mulino);
- additional references will also be provided in the beginning of the course.

Texts for the students who do not attend the course:
- Giovanni Adamo-Valeria Della Valle, Le parole del lessico italiano (Carocci);
- Claudio Marazzini, La lingua italiana. Profilo storico (Il Mulino);
- Luigi Matt, La narrativa del Novecento (Il Mulino);
- Luigi Matt, Gadda. Storia linguistica italiana (Carocci)

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Frontal lectures

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