The course aims to present the ways in which the linguistic research analyses:
1. the structures of the verbal codes
2. the use of the languages.
In the first part , the course makes the students aware of the patterns used to describe the sounds, the words, the syntax, the texts and the pragmatics, with the objective of explaining the complex nature of communication. The second part of the course is intended to clarify the different variables linked to the social aspects, the communicative skills and the media use.
By the end of the course the students should be familiar with some of the technique terminology and be able to apply this knowledge to observe and explore an aspect of the linguistic variation.
There are no prerequisites. Specific activities could be organized to support the study of the foreign students and the working students.
1. the structures of the verbal codes
2. the use of the languages.
In the first part , the course makes the students aware of the patterns used to describe the sounds, the words, the syntax, the texts and the pragmatics, with the objective of explaining the complex nature of communication. The second part of the course is intended to clarify the different variables linked to the social aspects, the communicative skills and the media use.
By the end of the course the students should be familiar with some of the technique terminology and be able to apply this knowledge to observe and explore an aspect of the linguistic variation.
There are no prerequisites. Specific activities could be organized to support the study of the foreign students and the working students.
teacher profile teaching materials
1. Kinds of Codes; Languages; Linguistics and different ways for studying them;Elements and rules: fron Phonology to Syntax.
Text for international students: G. Yule Introduzione alla Linguistica , Il Mulino.
2. History of Linguistics
Text for international students : M. Leroy Profilo storico della linguistica moderna, con appendice di T. De Mauro, Editori Laterza
3. The language of the journals and newspapers : is it a code for special purposes?
Text for international students: M. Catricalaà Linguistica e Giornalismo , Roma, Aracne.
M. Leroy Profilo storico della linguistica moderna, con appendice di T. De Mauro, Editori Laterza, Bari;
M. Catricalà Linguistica e giornalismo, Aracne Editrice, Roma.
Programme
The course is broken down into three modules1. Kinds of Codes; Languages; Linguistics and different ways for studying them;Elements and rules: fron Phonology to Syntax.
Text for international students: G. Yule Introduzione alla Linguistica , Il Mulino.
2. History of Linguistics
Text for international students : M. Leroy Profilo storico della linguistica moderna, con appendice di T. De Mauro, Editori Laterza
3. The language of the journals and newspapers : is it a code for special purposes?
Text for international students: M. Catricalaà Linguistica e Giornalismo , Roma, Aracne.
Core Documentation
G. Yule Introduzione alla Linguistica , Il Mulino, Bologna;M. Leroy Profilo storico della linguistica moderna, con appendice di T. De Mauro, Editori Laterza, Bari;
M. Catricalà Linguistica e giornalismo, Aracne Editrice, Roma.
Type of delivery of the course
Lessons Project worksType of evaluation
Test in itinere on knowledge and competence regarding to the first part of the program Final test: written and oral exam on the third part of the program and the individual project -work