Unit LINGUISTICS
- Course
- Communication sciences
- Study-unit Code
- GP003617
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Franco Lorenzi
- Teachers
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- Franco Lorenzi
- Hours
- 63 ore - Franco Lorenzi
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Learning activities
- Base
- Area
- Discipline semiotiche, linguistiche e informatiche
- Academic discipline
- L-LIN/01
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
The course presents the fundamental concepts and methods of linguistics, along with a detailed analysis of different linguistic levels. Linguistic researches are seen in close relationship with human sciences and philosophical and historical disciplines. The course offers reflections upon metalanguage, communication and the analysis of text and discourse in social contexts.- Reference texts
Reference texts for the first module:
RAFFAELE SIMONE, Nuovi fondamenti di linguistica, Milano, MacGraw-Hill, 2013 (chapters 1-8).
Reference texts for the second module:
RAFFAELE SIMONE, Nuovi fondamenti di linguistica, Milano, MacGraw-Hill, 2013 (chapters 9-14).
Reference texts for the third module:
MIRKO TAVOSANIS – MARCO GASPERETTI, Comunicare, Milano, Apogeo, 2004, e-book.
The course will provide bibliographic references for further readings- Educational objectives
The course has the following learning objectives:
(a) knowledge of fundamental concepts and methods of modern linguistics, with specific references to human sciences and philosophical and historical disciplines;
(b) knowledge of metalinguistic tools useful to describe natural languages;
( c) knowledge about communication and discourse analysis, in relation to the study of social and linguistic variability.
The main skills (i.e. the abilities to apply acquired knowledge) will be:
(a) describe the linguistic units at different levels (from the phonetic/phonological to semantic and textual level) with suitable formal tools, particularly mathematical;
(b) use the categories of traditional grammar and rhetoric as tools, with the awareness of their limitations and socio-historical relevance.- Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites are required to follow the topics covered in the course. It should be useful
the recovery of "traditional grammar" and of mathematical concepts used in years of schooling, because they will be relevant in linguistic analysis.- Teaching methods
- The course is organized as follows:
- Lectures on all topics of the course
- Exercises and tutorials on issues contained in the book by R. Simone, Fondamenti di linguistica, Milano, McGraw-Hill, 2013.
- Exercises and tutorials on text typologies contained in the book by M. Tavosanis – M. Gasperetti, Comunicare, Milano, Apogeo, 2004.
If the health emergency requires it, the teaching activity will be carried out in mixed mode. - Other information
For all information on lessons and exams, please visit http://www.scicom.unipg.it/.
The attendance at the course is strongly advised.- Learning verification modality
- The exam includes a final oral examination consisting of a discussion lasting about half an hour. It is designed to understand the student's knowledge on the theoretical and methodological issues of the course, focusing on the description of natural languages. Furthermore, the oral examination will allow to check the ability of argumentation and synthesis of the student, especially with regard to the presentation and understanding of the linguistic analysis.
Students can take partial examinations for the first two modules of the course; such tests will be conducted following the previous criteria.
If the health emergency requires it, the teaching activity will be carried out in mixed mode. - Extended program
The course presents in a systematic manner the concepts, methods and results of linguistics. Researches on natural language and verbal languages are treated in relationship to human sciences (anthropology, psychology, sociology, pedagogy) and to philosophical and historical disciplines. A particular attention is given to grammatical, rhetorical, and stylistic tradition which represents an area of knowledge very important, but often poorly known. The course consists of three modules: the first two are devoted to general issues, while the third examines communication and textual genres.
FIRST MODULE
The first part of the course introduces the basic concepts of the discipline, and the methods of analysis of linguistic data. The module starts from the theory of signs and semiotics, and then presents the study of linguistic universals and the analysis of a specific competence for a natural languages. The module describes the phonetic-phonological, morphological and syntactic levels.
SECOND MODULE
The second module will continue the analysis of linguistic levels; we will deal with complex syntactic and deep cases, discourse, text, semantics and the lexicon. Particular attention will be devoted to linguistic pragmatics and the analysis of communicative functions of language.
THIRD MODULE
The final part of the course is devoted to communication and linguistic variability, in a social and psychological perspective. The module introduces the fundamental concepts related to the study of language production and comprehension, and deepens the typology of textual genres in the contexts of social use. Particular attention is paid to hypertexts and multimedia communication.