The course aims to illustrate how the historical perspective, the sociolinguistics, the pragmatics and the semiotics can analyze the language of newspapers highlighting the lexical, syntactic and morphological features and the intercultural aspects of different texts. A part of course will focus on the cognitive paradigm, the titles and the metaphors.
There are no prerequisites. Specific activities could be organized to support the study of the foreign students and the working students.
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
In a first part, the diverse approaches of the linguistic research developped in this field are presented and compaired, considering the structures and the functions of the mass communication rules.
In the second part, the cognitive pattern is analyzed for explaining the new perspective of the written and spoken corpora studies.
Croft W- Cruse D. A., La Linguistica Cognitiva, Roma, Carocci 2010.-
Mutuazione: 20710075 LINGUISTICA E GIORNALISMO - LM in Informazione, editoria, giornalismo LM-19 CATRICALA' MARIA
Programme
The main focus of the course is the news language.In a first part, the diverse approaches of the linguistic research developped in this field are presented and compaired, considering the structures and the functions of the mass communication rules.
In the second part, the cognitive pattern is analyzed for explaining the new perspective of the written and spoken corpora studies.
Core Documentation
Catricalà M. Linguistica e giornalismo, Roma, Aracne 2015.Croft W- Cruse D. A., La Linguistica Cognitiva, Roma, Carocci 2010.-
Type of delivery of the course
Lezioni e workshopType of evaluation
The evaluation is based on the final oral examination and the workshops