STORIA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA M - Z
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: ROSARIA SARDOExpected Learning Outcomes
1) Knowledge and understanding
By adopting principles and methods of Italian linguistics (procedural
approach; metalinguistic and diaphasic competence) and stylistics, the
course aims to offer the conceptual and methodological tools to
understand and then analyze texts on the phono-morphological;
morphosyntactic; semantic-lexical; syntactic-discursive levels
2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
Analysis and paraphrasing will be proposed in function of a didactics of
language and texts adapted to the new cognitive dynamics and the
complexity of the contemporary socio-cultural context.
3) Autonomy of judgement
The metalinguistic, stylistic and pragmatic-textual knowledge and skills
acquired to understand and analyze texts are aimed at enhancing students'
capacity for critical and autonomous judgement, and at developing
problem solving skills, also in view of their professional future
4) Communication skills
The training activity of the course involves interactive work in class on
the guided analysis of texts in order to transmit relational skills and public
speaking abilities
5) Learning skills
Objectives:
- to develop an advanced competence of the grammatical, lexical and
syntactic structures of the Italian language and of the relevant written and
oral uses;
- to provide cultural and methodological coordinates for the study of
Italian: historical and ethnocultural framework, sociolinguistic bases,
grammatical models and textual dimension;
- enhancing conscious metalinguistic competence, overcoming
automatisms in the study of grammar;
- introduce agile but functional grids for the linguistic analysis of texts of
various types, in which the literary text retains the fundamental role of
raising awareness of the historical-linguistic value of the tradition.
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Metacognitive competence of the grammatical, lexical and syntactic structures of the Italian language (ability to analyze grammatical structures, ability to paraphrase). C1 level competence of Italian according to CEFR.
The lack of prerequisites may affect the passing of the exam. In order to improve your knowledge it is recommended to attend the zero Italian grammar courses activated by the Department.
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
External linguistic history: evolution from spoken Latin to the Tuscan dialect and the Italian language at all structural levels and in all varieties of use, focusing on the dynamics of italianization in written and oral communication (literature, religion, politics, bureaucracy, mass media) Internal linguistic history: observation of the principal phonetic, lexical and semantic, morphological changes in the passage from Latin to Italian; Grammar and stylistics: inter-relations among the various linguistic levels and analysis of different kinds of literary and non-literary texts.
Textbook Information
A. -History of Italian Language (5 CFU) Testi:
C. Marazzini, La lingua italiana. Storia, testi, strumenti, Bologna, Il Mulino 2015, pp. 358
P. D'Achille, Breve grammatica storica dell'italiano Roma, Carocci, 2019, pp. 138
B. Italian Linguistics.
C. Giovanardi - E. De Roberto, L'italiano. Strutture,comunicazione e testi. Seconda edizione, Milano, Pearson, 2022
Reference texts for students who believe they have not completed the prerequisites for the discipline, and reference texts for students, for the purposes of the course activities:
Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and
its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of
their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning
photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida
sulla Gestione dei Diritti dAutore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione
Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dellingegno (the Italian
Association on Copyright).
All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.
- L. Serianni, Italiano. Grammatica, sintassi, dubbi, Garzanti, Milano, 2000.
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Written tests: A test: Historical grammar of Italian; B test: contemporary linguistic structures of Italian
Oral test (History of Italian language; Contemporary Italian Language).