FF:IJIIB956 Dialects in Italy - Course Information

IJIIB956 Dialects in Italy: Past and Present

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2004

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Mon 16:40–18:15 45

Prerequisites (in Czech)

IJIA026 Comprehension Exam || IJIA028 Bachelors Exam

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

A brief survey of the dialects of Italy in synchronic and diachronic levels.

Syllabus

Differentiation of vulgar Latin in the Apennine peninsula; Italic, Etruscan, Celtic and other substrata and their influence; historical and political conditions fostering linguistic diversity; classification of existing dialects; phonetic, morphological and lexical characteristics of major 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

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Zápočet - písemný test. Zkouška - písemná, případně ústní. Účast na přednášce je nepovinná.

Language of instruction

Italian

Further Comments

The course is taught only once.