Cognitive studies on the lexicon and the semantics of verbs and acquisition of the abilities to conduct lexical analysis by means of language corpora and technological tools for empirical analyses.
teacher profile teaching materials
The theoretical section will introduce the following themes: word classes and lexical information, basic concepts in semantics and theories on meaning, structure in predicate and arguments (nouns and verbs), verb temporal and aspectual information, combinations of, and interactions between, words.
The applied section, with the help of the tools of information technology, will illustrate the research methodologies in use for linguistic data, in particular for the extraction of words, of combinations of words, and for their different typologies; it will also be devoted to a survey of frequency data which can be drawn from the existing corpora presented in the computer lab.
Dr. Piunno, expert in Language Technologies and corpus linguistics will be in charge of the applied section.
2) R. Simone, Nuovi fondamenti di linguistica, 2013, McGraw-Hill (chapters 13 e 14 (except section 14.6 p. 278-281)
3) M. Squartini, Il verbo, Carocci, 2015 (the first three chapters).
Mutuazione: 20704050 LESSICO E SEMANTICA - LM in Informazione, editoria, giornalismo LM-19 MEREU LUNELLA
Programme
The programme is divided into a theoretical and applied section, the latter concerning Language Technologies for linguistic analisys data.The theoretical section will introduce the following themes: word classes and lexical information, basic concepts in semantics and theories on meaning, structure in predicate and arguments (nouns and verbs), verb temporal and aspectual information, combinations of, and interactions between, words.
The applied section, with the help of the tools of information technology, will illustrate the research methodologies in use for linguistic data, in particular for the extraction of words, of combinations of words, and for their different typologies; it will also be devoted to a survey of frequency data which can be drawn from the existing corpora presented in the computer lab.
Dr. Piunno, expert in Language Technologies and corpus linguistics will be in charge of the applied section.
Core Documentation
1) E. Jezek, Lessico. Classi di parole, strutture, combinazioni, Il Mulino, 2005 or successive reprints.2) R. Simone, Nuovi fondamenti di linguistica, 2013, McGraw-Hill (chapters 13 e 14 (except section 14.6 p. 278-281)
3) M. Squartini, Il verbo, Carocci, 2015 (the first three chapters).
Type of delivery of the course
Frontal lessons and practice in the informatic laboratory.Attendance
The presence in class of the students is highly suggested.Type of evaluation
Students will undergo an assessment evaluation during class lessons and will have to write a short essay on one of the themes of the programme.