IJ2B060 Linguistics of Italian in a typological perspective

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)
doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca (alternate examiner)
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
( IJIA028 Bachelor's State Exam || IJ1A055 Bachelor's State Exam || IJ1A055com Bachelor's State Exam || IJ1A055mai Bachelor's State Exam || IJ1A055min Bachelor's State Exam )
No pre-requisites are required.
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
The course deals with the variation of Italian language connected to the different situational contexts. Particular attention will be dedicated to the multimodality of communication, to the conversational principles, to artistic communication.
Learning outcomes
The student will deepen theoretical and practical aspects of the pragmalinguistics; he/she will be able to recognise and use the different types of languages in accordance with the different interational situations. The student will also learn to summarize the information coming from different sources, to develop critical sense, to communicate effectively, to work in group, to develop ideas and develop projects.
Syllabus
  • The course will be developed on the following topics: - the social variation of Italian; - linguistic acts; - pragmalinguistic features of Italian (space, temporal and personal deixis, allocution, textual strategies for the representation of space and time); - discourse markers; - Italian language and the conversational maxims - artistic communication.
Literature
  • BERRUTO, Gaetano. Sociolinguistica dell'italiano contemporaneo. Nuova ed. Roma: Carocci, 2014, 278 s. ISBN 9788843063499. info
  • BAZZANELLA, Carla. Linguistica e pragmatica del linguaggio : un'introduzione. Nuova ed. ampliata. Roma: GLF editori Laterza, 2008, x, 298. ISBN 9788842086000. info
  • ANDORNO, Cecilia. Che cos'è la pragmatica linguistica. 1a edizione. Roma: Carocci, 2005, 142 stran. ISBN 8843034936. info
  • Sbisà Marina, 2007, Detto non detto. Le forme della comunicazione implicita, Roma - Bari, Laterza.
Teaching methods
Lecture and practical activities: explanation of the basic notions and problems and their application on appropriate linguistic and multimedial material. Attendance is required.
Assessment methods
Oral test and discussion on the research materials.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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