Enrollment year
2017/2018
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 (26/02/2018 - 01/06/2018)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Prerequisites
No prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Understanding the grammatical structure of languages, the meaning and the origin of grammatical forms, in particular in the framework of Cognitive Grammar
Course contents
Introduction to Cognitive Grammar: The grammar of experience. The course will concern the basic principles of the thoery of meaning in the framework of Cognitive Grammar. In particular, we will discuss the theory of categorization and its consequences on semantic theory, both concerning the lexicon and concerning grammatical forms, on the example of experiential predicates (verbs of mental states and activities, perception, emotion, bodily states and sensation), which will be analyzed cross-linguistically. We will tackle the issue of polysemy, based on metaphorical and metonimic processes, and discuss the argument structure of experiential predicates as compared to other argument structure patterns in the languages used for exemplification. The theoretical discussion will be grounded on extensive examplification from the languages studied by the attendants.
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
Further readings will be made available online during classes.
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.
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