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)
Language of instruction	Italian
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.
Reference texts	- slides projected in class - handouts provided by the teacher
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
Prerequisites
Teaching methods	- Frontal lessons - Active teaching
Other information
Learning verification modality	Oral examination
Extended program	Specifically, the following topics will be addressed: - Language and reality - Naturalism and conventionality (Aristotele) - Dialogue, maieutics and anamnesis (Socrates and Plato) - Communication, limits and misunderstandings. - Structural linguistics (de Saussure) - Language games (the second Wittgenstein) - Hermeneutics (Gadamer) - From phenomenology to deconstruction (Deridda) - Ethics of the relationship (Levinas) - Relationship and unease, the interpretation of the world (Ricoeur)

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 human language and its features. Analysis of levels of language processing (phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic).
Reference texts	G.Graffi- S. Scalise, Le lingue e il linguaggio. Introduzione alla linguistica, Bologna, Il Mulino
Educational objectives	Knowledge of the fundamental properties of human language; ability to analyze linguistic structures at the levels phonetic / phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic.
Prerequisites	no one
Teaching methods	lectures and exercises
Other information	compulsory attendance
Learning verification modality	oral exam
Extended program	The course of Linguistics aims to present the main aspects of the scientific study of language as a human faculty and languages in their multiple aspects. They will provide students with the tools for the analysis of the different levels of language processing. Phonetics and phonology aim at introducing students to a basic knowledge in the following areas: the ability to identify and describe the features of the phones articulation, to understand and demonstrate the difference between phone, phoneme and allophone; the ability to transcribe Italian words using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA); the ability to define Italian phones, using specific terminology; know the characteristics of an utterance that apply to groups of segments, rather than to individual segments (suprasegmental). At the level of the word, the analysis will cover Italian Rules of word formation; types of morphemes, inflection and grammatical categories. Syntax will tackle the analysis of immediate constituent structure of the sentence, the identification of phrases and their hierarchical relationships within the sentence, as well as syntactic functions and semantic roles. Topics of Semantics are: different notions of meaning, meaning relationships between lexemes, 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	International and Erasmus students are invited to take the course. 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. Definitions of communication and sociological perspective on communication. Communication as a practice. The approach ethnomethodological and conversation analysis.
Reference texts	Papers about Conversation Analysis and disfunctional talking collected by Enrico Caniglia
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 follows: 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 carried out with the support of projection screens and video from the Internet.
Learning verification modality	oral examination
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 in a sociological perspective.