IJ2B064 Italian Dialectology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Egle Mocciaro, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Egle Mocciaro, Dottore di Ricerca
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
( IJ1A055 Bachelor's State Exam || IJ1A055com Bachelor's State Exam || IJ1A055mai Bachelor's State Exam || IJ1A055min Bachelor's State Exam )
Superamento di Linguistica italiana
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course, students should be able to: - understand and use the instruments and methods of the discipline; - have a general view of dialects in Italy; - describe their phonological, morphosyntaxical and lexical features.
Learning outcomes
Students will learn to identify the features of the several dialectal varieties and to use the tools of the discipline.
Syllabus
  • Course topics: What is a dialect (between linguistics and sociolinguistics). From Latin to Italoromance varieties and from these to 'dialects'. Dialectology: history, methods and tools. Classifications of Italian dialects. Phonological, morphosyntactic and lexical characteristics of the main dialects. Grammaticalisation phenomena in different dialects.
Literature
    required literature
  • GRASSI, Corrado, Alberto A. SOBRERO and Tullio TELMON. Fondamenti di dialettologia italiana. 8a ed. Roma: Laterza, 2007, xv, 424. ISBN 9788842051312. info
  • LOPORCARO, Michele. Profilo linguistico dei dialetti italiani. Nouva edizione, aggiornata. Roma: GLF editori Laterza, 2013, xvi, 252. ISBN 9788859300069. info
    recommended literature
  • 3. Rohlfs Gerhard, 1969, Grammatica storica della lingua italiana e dei suoi dialetti, Torino, Einaudi, ISBN 8806030639.
Teaching methods
Lectures on course topics. Advanced seminars. Workshop activities (analysis of texts, individual or group presentations based on self-study materials).
Assessment methods
The assessment of learning is divided into two segments: (A) Written essay on an agreed topic (based on self-study materials; cf. "Study materials"). Segment (A) is used to assess autonomy in learning management (knowing how to use theoretical notions, solve case studies, etc.). It will be possible to replace this testing segment with attendance of ROM2B105 Research Seminar - Guest Lecturers Series (A) and submission of related assignments. (B) Written test on course content (open questions and exercises on dialect texts). Attendance of at least 80% of the lessons is required (three absences maximum).
Language of instruction
Italian
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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