Enrollment year
2016/2017
Academic discipline
L-LIN/01 (GLOTTOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS; LINGUISTICS AND MODERN LANGUAGES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (27/02/2017 - 01/06/2017)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Students will be expected to understand principles of lexical typology, as well as lexical and semantic change, with particular reference to the Indo-European languages.
Course contents
The structure of the simple and the complex sentence in the Indo-European languages and in PIE.
The course deals with the Indo-European language family, which will be described and discussed from various perspectives, depending on the students’ linguistic background. We will discuss the sub-branches of the Indo-Europena language family, as well as changes which led from ancient to modern languages, framed in a typological and areal framework. In particular, we sill discuss word order and word order change in the IE languages, in the framework of research on word order typology, as well as the origin and evolution of subordinate structures in various IE languages, also in relation with the discourse function of subordination, and the use of non-subordinating strategies and connectives.
Teaching methods
Lectures. The preparation of papers will be tutored individually (tutorato). Further course materials will be made available online on the platform
http://luraghi.wikidot.com/
which will also contained updated information regarding course activities.
Students will receive Username and password at the beginning of the course.
Reccomended or required readings
Course handbook:
Luraghi, S. Introduzione alla linguistica storica. Roma, Carocci 2006. (ristampa corretta 2011).
(Students who cannot read Italian are kindly asked to choose another handbook with the instructor)
An exhaustive reading list will be provided at the beginning of the course.
Assessment methods
Oral exam. During courses students will be asked to give short presentations concerning parts of the reading materials made available for the course. Students are also required to submit a course paper of 5-6 pages (tesina), concerning one of the topics discussed during the course. The precise topic can be decided with the instructor. The paper must be submitted three days prior to the oral exam; it can be written in Italian or in another language, depending on the students' linguistic background.
Grading: presentation up to 5 points; paper up to 9 points; oral exam up to 15 points; active participation at classes 1 point/honors.
Further information
Oral exam. During courses students will be asked to give short presentations concerning parts of the reading materials made available for the course. Students are also required to submit a course paper of 5-6 pages (tesina), concerning one of the topics discussed during the course. The precise topic can be decided with the instructor. The paper must be submitted three days prior to the oral exam; it can be written in Italian or in another language, depending on the students' linguistic background.
Grading: presentation up to 5 points; paper up to 9 points; oral exam up to 15 points; active participation at classes 1 point/honors.
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