2014/2015

2016/2017

DM270

L-FIL-LET/05 (CLASICAL PHILOLOGY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

HUMANITIES

LETTERE ANTICHE

3°

1st semester (26/09/2016 - 11/01/2017)

6

36 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

RAINA GIAMPIERA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Good knowledge of Greek and Latin grammar.

Purpose of the course is acquiring a deep knowledge of historical morphemics through a comparative analysis of the two languages and also discussing some grammar elements in order to examine carefully the linguistic and expressive characteristics of the ancient texts.

Title of the course:
Morphemics of Greek and Latin nouns and verbs in Indoeuropeistic perspective.

Program:

For attending students

- Deep Knowledge of the problems discussed during the lectures.
- Study of the Chapters 2 and 3 (Greece and Rome) of R.H. Robins, Storia della linguistica (trad.it.), Bologna 1977
- Reading, translation and commentary of Dionysius Thrax, Techne Grammatike, and of Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1,4,1 - 1,5,72 as well as of other short texts discussed during the lectures, distributed in photocopies and then made available on Kiro.


For not attending students

Provided that, for the specificity of the topics covered, frequency is highly recommended, not attending students should replace the step 1 of the previous program with personal study of the following manuals:
- A. Aloni (ed.), La lingua dei Greci. Corso propedeutico, Roma 2003, p. 73-141, in addition to insights available online at http://www.carocci.it.
- C . Tagliavini, Fonetica e morfologia storica del latino, Bologna 1962, pp. 121-156.
They will, however, be required to take contact with the lecturer in order to agree on a plan of alternative readings.

Lectures

We suggest as useful reference books, respectively for Greek and Latin:
- P. Chantraine, Morphologie historique du grec, Paris 1964, pp. 25-100.
- C . Tagliavini, Fonetica e morfologia storica del latino, Bologna 1962, pp. 121-156.

- R.H. Robins, Storia della linguistica (trad.it.), Bologna 1977

Further references to the texts we read will be recommended during the course.

Oral examination

Oral examination