IJIIB956 Dialects in Italy: Past and Present

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jan Pavlík (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 15:00–16:35 B12
Prerequisites
IJIIA107 Historical Develop. of Ital.
IJIIA107 Vývoj italštiny
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- understand the main differences between various languages used in the Apennine peninsula in the 1st millenium B.C.
- understand the main causes giving birth to various dialects
- define the basic influence of various substrata
- have a general view of the dialects of Italy of today
- describe their phonetic, morphosyntaxical and lexical particularities.
Syllabus
  • - linguistic situation in the Apennine peninsula in the 1st millenium B.C.
  • - differentiation of Vulgar Latin due to the influence of various substrata, both Indoeuropean (Italic, Greek, Celtic) and non-Indoeuropean (Etruscan, Ligurian)
  • - a systematic survey of modern Italian dialects and their classification
  • - phonetic, morphosyntaxical and lexical characteristics of main dialects (romanesco, piemontese, milanese, friulano, veneziano, napoletano)
  • - description of historical roots of the phenomena
  • - the Sardinian language
  • - study of selected texts written in various dialects.
Literature
  • LEPSCHY, Laura and Giulio LEPSCHY. La lingua italiana. Storia, varieta dell'uso, grammatica. Milano, 1994. info
  • POLIZZI, Gaspare. Della lingua. Firenze, 1984. info
  • ROHLFS, Gerhard. Grammatica storica della lingua italiana e dei suoi dialetti. Torino, 1969. info
  • TAGLIAVINI, Carlo. Le origini delle lingue neolatine. Bologna, 1969. info
  • TEKAVČIC, Pavao. Grammatica storica della lingua italiana. Zagreb, 1965. info
  • MIGLIORINI, Bruno. Storia della lingua italiana. Firenze, 1960. info
  • PEI, Mario. The Italian Language. New York, 1941. info
  • BERTONI, Giulio. Italia dialettale. Milano, 1916. info
Teaching methods
Exposition and explanation, by the teacher, of the basic problems of the discipline; application of the theoretical knowledge on authentic texts.
Assessment methods
Written examination based on the studied problems.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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