20710038 - GENERAL LINGUISTICS 1 (LEXICON AND SEMANTICS)

This course provides the theoretical knowledge and the tools for an advanced analysis of lexicon and semantics, mainly regarding Italian, but also involving comparative data and investigation, thus offering students important cues for future original research activities on specific phenomena only partially treated during the classes.
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Fruizione: 20710497 LINGUISTICA GENERALE B LM in Lingue moderne per la comunicazione internazionale LM-38 CERBASI DONATO

Programme

Textbook: E. Jezek, “Il lessico. Classi di parole, strutture, combinazioni”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011.

Chapter 1 - Nozioni di base (Basic concepts of lexicology)
Except table 1.2, "Profili sintagmatici assimilabili alla parola", and table 1.3, "Tipologia della parola".
Chapter 2 - L'informazione lessicale (Lexical information).
Chapter 3 - Il significato delle parole (The meaning of words).
Chapter 4 - La struttura globale del lessico (The global structure of lexicon).
Chapter 5 - Strutture paradigmatiche del lessico (Paradigmatic structures of lexicon).
Except paragraph 7, "Configurazioni lessicali".
Chapter 6 - Strutture sintagmatiche del lessico (Syntagmatic structures of lexicon).

Core Documentation

E. Jezek, “Il lessico. Classi di parole, strutture, combinazioni”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011.

Type of delivery of the course

Traditional classes in Italian language.

Type of evaluation

Written exam (three open-ended questions; time: 70 minutes). Oral exam on Teams (in September 2020) only if specifically requested by the student for reasons related to the pandemic.