IJIIB968 Sociolinguistics of Italian

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Alessandro Bitonti, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Alessandro Bitonti, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 L42
Prerequisites (in Czech)
IJIA028 Bachelor's State Exam
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
Course objectives
The objective of the course is the analysis and the study of the languages and varieties characterizing the Italian linguistic repertoire. The student will deepen the elements of variation which are typical of the contemporary Italian and of its varieties, the relashionship and the contact with the dialects.
Syllabus
  • The course deals with the relationship among language, dialects, minority languages and their varieties. The linguistic systems will be studied in a variational perspective (time, areal, context, mean and social changes). Further topics are about the concepts of domain, linguistic community, language attitudes, sociolinguistic prestige and phenomena of contact.
Literature
  • BERRUTO, Gaetano. Prima lezione di sociolinguistica. Edited by Elena Maria Pandolfi. 1a ed. Roma: GLF editori Laterza, 2004, 189 s. ISBN 9788842073802. info
  • Berruto G., Sociolinguistica dell’italiano contemporaneo, Roma, Carocci, 2013.
  • Renzi L., Come cambia la lingua. L’italiano in movimento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012.
  • Supplementary material will be provided during the course.
Teaching methods
Lecture and practical activities: explanation, by the teacher, of the basic notions and problems and their application on appropriate linguistic material.
Assessment methods
Oral test and discussion on the research materials. The students who don't attend the courses have to set an alternative syllabus with the teacher.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018.
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