Unit COMMUNICATION SCIENCE

PHYLOSOPHY AND THEORY OF LANGUAGE

Code	GP003928
CFU	2
Teacher	Nicola Donti
Teachers	Nicola Donti
Hours	24 ore - Nicola Donti
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Scienze del linguaggio teoriche e applicative
Academic discipline	M-FIL/05
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Contents	The course explores the concepts of language, communication and relationship from the philosophical point of view. Therefore, a theoretical frame of reference will be provided which is indispensable for the understanding of the complex reality of the phenomenon of human language, in order to achieve its conscious use in order to make it more effective also in the helping relationship. The critical study of the foundations, nature and conditions of validity of knowledge on: language, communication and relationship will be stimulated.
Educational objectives	Understanding the complexity of human language, to arrive at an aware use of it in order to make it more effective also in the helping relationship

GLOTTOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS 1

Code	GP003930
CFU	2
Teacher	Paola Bonucci
Teachers	Paola Bonucci
Hours	24 ore - Paola Bonucci
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Scienze del linguaggio teoriche e applicative
Academic discipline	L-LIN/01
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction	italian
Contents	The subject of the course is the scientific study of human verbal language and its properties. The different levels of language processing (phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic) will be analyzed.
Reference texts	G.Graffi- S. Scalise, Le lingue e il linguaggio. Introduzione alla linguistica, Bologna, Il Mulino Slides provided by the lecturer
Educational objectives	Course objectives are knowledge of the fundamental properties of human verbal language; the ability to analyze linguistic structures at the phonetic/phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic levels.
Prerequisites	no prerequisite is required
Teaching methods	classroom lectures and exercises
Other information	compulsory attendance
Learning verification modality	oral examination with written pre-test
Extended program	The Linguistics course aims to present the main and constituent lines of the scientific study of language as a human faculty and of languages in their multiple aspects. Students will be provided with the tools for the analysis of different levels of language processing. Relative to the level of sounds as physical entities, the students are expected to acquire the ability to identify and describe their articulatory characteristics; to understand and demonstrate the difference between speech sounds, phoneme and allophone; to transcribe into the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) words of Italian; to define, using specific terminology, the speech sounds of Italian; and to know the suprasegmental features. At the higher word level, analysis will cover the internal structure and principles of word formation in Italian; types of morphemes, inflection and grammatical categories. With syntax, analysis in immediate constituents, identification of syntagmas and their hierarchical relationships within the sentence, as well as syntactic functions and semantic roles will be offered. The last level under consideration is Semantics: different notions of meaning, meaning relations between words, componential semantics, prototypical semantics.

SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION

Code	GP003929
CFU	2
Teacher	Enrico Caniglia
Teachers	Enrico Caniglia
Hours	18 ore - Enrico Caniglia
Learning activities	Base
Area	Scienze propedeutiche
Academic discipline	SPS/08
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction	Italian. International and Erasmus students are invited to attend the lessons. Readings and other course material are also available in English; written and/or oral exams, as detailed in the course program, may be taken in English. Please contact the instructor for further details and to schedule an appointment during the first week of the Fall/Spring Semester.
Contents	Analysis of talking in interaction. Definitions of communication and sociological perspective on communication. Communication as a practice. The approaches selected are ethnomethodology and conversation analysis
Reference texts	Giolo Fele, L'analisi della conversazione, il Mulino 2007
Educational objectives	The student will acquire knowledge on the main sociological approaches to verbal language in interactional situations. It will acquire the basic skills to set up an empirical research on the language and the skills and knowledge necessary to set up a basic strategy in the field of communication in the professional field, in interaction with patients and in the field of speech defects (aphasia and autism), and greater awareness of the importance of speaking and interaction in the professional field.
Prerequisites	Basic knowledge on Sociology and Human Sciences
Teaching methods	The course is organized as follow: classroom lectures dedicated to the exhibition and discussion of all major topics and issues of discipline. It will also be provided opportunities for discussion and critical evaluation of some collective research contributions and on current issues. Individual lessons will carry out with the support of projection screens and video from the Internet. In case of covid emergence the lessons will be held in blended mode
Other information	attendance recommended
Learning verification modality	oral examination. Disability studens see web pagehttp://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa
Extended program	What is communication. Communication as transmission and communication as sharing. The Shannon-Weaver model and criticisms by Erving Goffman. Ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. Language and face to face interaction. Mediated communication and media communication. The verbal interaction in professional practices. The doctor-patient interaction and its constitutive practices. The problems of language users and language dysfunctions in a sociological perspective.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile	health and wellbeing; social equality