IJIIA107 Historical Development of Italian

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 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 14:10–15:45 C31
Prerequisites
ROMIIA101 Introduction to Vulgar Latin
Exam in ROMIIA101 - Introduction to Vulgar Latin.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
At the end of the course, the student should:
- have a thorough idea of the phonetic, morphological, syntactical and lexical development of Italian
- have an understanding of the historical and cultural context of this development
- be able to use his knowledge while analyzing and describing specific texts
- be in a position to explain main issues of contemporary Italian against diachronic background.
Syllabus
  • The main topics of the course are as follows:
  • - the linguistic situation in the Italian peninsula after 476 A.D.;
  • from Vulgar Latin to Italian;
  • - the development of the Italian language from its birth in the 9th-10th centuries to the early 16th century;
  • - main periods of the development of Italian;
  • - phonetic, morphological, syntactic and semantic changes;
  • - previous stages of development compared to modern usage;
  • - major efforts in establishing norms in Italian;
  • - analysis of relevant texts from L'Indovinello veronese to Bembo (seminar).
  • Special attention will be paid not only to the correct linguistic interpretation of the text, but also to a deeper understanding of the diacronical method of describing a language and its development.
Literature
  • OSTRÁ, Růžena. Přehled vývoje románských jazyků II - Italština. Rumunština. Praha, 1990, 154 pp. info
  • ROHLFS, Gerhard. Grammatica storica della lingua italiana e dei suoi dialetti. Torino, 1969. info
  • TEKAVČIC, Pavao. Grammatica storica della lingua italiana. Zagreb, 1965. info
  • MIGLIORINI, Bruno. Storia della lingua italiana. Firenze, 1960. info
  • TAGLIAVINI, Carlo. Le origini delle lingue neolatine. Bologna, 1969. info
  • GRANDGENT, Charles H. From Latin to Italian. Cambridge, 1927. info
Teaching methods
Lecture: description and explanation, by the teacher, of the major issues of the discipline (see above). Authentic texts illustrating main phenomena are being studied in the seminar.
Assessment methods
Written examination including an analysis of an original text.
Language of instruction
Italian
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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