Typology, Universals and the Brain: Foundations of linguistic typology, with special reference to morphological and syntactic categories. Typology and Universals. Biological foundation of language.
Diachronic linguistics: History of comparative linguistics, comparative method, reconstruction of the morpho-phonologic system of the Indo-European language through exercises, genetic, areal and typological comparison between family classification; linguistic change (at different levels) and its motivations and diffusion.
Diachronic linguistics: History of comparative linguistics, comparative method, reconstruction of the morpho-phonologic system of the Indo-European language through exercises, genetic, areal and typological comparison between family classification; linguistic change (at different levels) and its motivations and diffusion.
Curriculum
Canali
teacher profile teaching materials
- E. Lombardi Vallauri, The Relation between Mind and Language. The Innateness Hypothesis and the Poverty of the Stimulus, in The Linguistic Review 21, 2004, pp. 345-387.
- M. Christiansen – N. Chater, Language as shaped by the brain, in “Behavioral and Brain Sciences” 31, 2008, pp. 489-509 (cioè senza gli interventi di discussione di altri autori).
- F. Di Vincenzo – G. Manzi, Alla ricerca delle origini. In (a cura di N. Grandi), Nuovi dialoghi sulle lingue e il linguaggio, Pàtron, pp. 71-88.
Programme
Linguistic type. Typological corpus. Syntactic and morphological typology. Areal typology. Diachronic typology. Linguistic universals and tendencies. Implicational universals. Explaining language universals. Biological bases for language, brain localization, mirror neurons. Brain imaging techniques. Language in humans and non-humans. Origins (onto- and phylogenesis) of language. Linguistic innatism, functionalism, evolutionism.Core Documentation
- N. Grandi, Fondamenti di tipologia linguistica, Carocci.- E. Lombardi Vallauri, The Relation between Mind and Language. The Innateness Hypothesis and the Poverty of the Stimulus, in The Linguistic Review 21, 2004, pp. 345-387.
- M. Christiansen – N. Chater, Language as shaped by the brain, in “Behavioral and Brain Sciences” 31, 2008, pp. 489-509 (cioè senza gli interventi di discussione di altri autori).
- F. Di Vincenzo – G. Manzi, Alla ricerca delle origini. In (a cura di N. Grandi), Nuovi dialoghi sulle lingue e il linguaggio, Pàtron, pp. 71-88.
Type of delivery of the course
TraditionalType of evaluation
written test teacher profile teaching materials
(1) Basic knowledge of the history of comparative and historical linguistics.
(2) Learning the comparative method (reconstruction of the Indo-European phonological system) and the most important phonetic laws; analysis of some topics of the Indo-European morphophonology; comparison among genealogical, typological, and areal classification of languages.
(3) Analysis of the linguistic change, at phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic level. Learning the reasons of linguistic change, and its spread in space and society.
Szemerényi O., 1980, Introduzione alla linguistica indeuropea, II ediz., Milano, Unicopli, 21-120.
Milizia P., 2002, Le lingue indoeuropee, Roma, Carocci.
Programme
This course will deal with the following three topics:(1) Basic knowledge of the history of comparative and historical linguistics.
(2) Learning the comparative method (reconstruction of the Indo-European phonological system) and the most important phonetic laws; analysis of some topics of the Indo-European morphophonology; comparison among genealogical, typological, and areal classification of languages.
(3) Analysis of the linguistic change, at phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic level. Learning the reasons of linguistic change, and its spread in space and society.
Core Documentation
Lehmann W.P., 1998, Manuale di linguistica storica, Bologna, il Mulino (capp. 2, 5-14).Szemerényi O., 1980, Introduzione alla linguistica indeuropea, II ediz., Milano, Unicopli, 21-120.
Milizia P., 2002, Le lingue indoeuropee, Roma, Carocci.
Type of delivery of the course
TraditionalType of evaluation
Written testCanali
teacher profile teaching materials
- E. Lombardi Vallauri, The Relation between Mind and Language. The Innateness Hypothesis and the Poverty of the Stimulus, in The Linguistic Review 21, 2004, pp. 345-387.
- M. Christiansen – N. Chater, Language as shaped by the brain, in “Behavioral and Brain Sciences” 31, 2008, pp. 489-509 (cioè senza gli interventi di discussione di altri autori).
- F. Di Vincenzo – G. Manzi, Alla ricerca delle origini. In (a cura di N. Grandi), Nuovi dialoghi sulle lingue e il linguaggio, Pàtron, pp. 71-88.
Mutuazione: 20704168 LINGUISTICA GENERALE 3 in Lingue e mediazione linguistico-culturale L-12 CANALE 1 LOMBARDI VALLAURI EDOARDO
Programme
Linguistic type. Typological corpus. Syntactic and morphological typology. Areal typology. Diachronic typology. Linguistic universals and tendencies. Implicational universals. Explaining language universals. Biological bases for language, brain localization, mirror neurons. Brain imaging techniques. Language in humans and non-humans. Origins (onto- and phylogenesis) of language. Linguistic innatism, functionalism, evolutionism.Core Documentation
- N. Grandi, Fondamenti di tipologia linguistica, Carocci.- E. Lombardi Vallauri, The Relation between Mind and Language. The Innateness Hypothesis and the Poverty of the Stimulus, in The Linguistic Review 21, 2004, pp. 345-387.
- M. Christiansen – N. Chater, Language as shaped by the brain, in “Behavioral and Brain Sciences” 31, 2008, pp. 489-509 (cioè senza gli interventi di discussione di altri autori).
- F. Di Vincenzo – G. Manzi, Alla ricerca delle origini. In (a cura di N. Grandi), Nuovi dialoghi sulle lingue e il linguaggio, Pàtron, pp. 71-88.
Type of delivery of the course
TraditionalType of evaluation
written test teacher profile teaching materials
(1) Basic knowledge of the history of comparative and historical linguistics.
(2) Learning the comparative method (reconstruction of the Indo-European phonological system) and the most important phonetic laws; analysis of some topics of the Indo-European morphophonology; comparison among genealogical, typological, and areal classification of languages.
(3) Analysis of the linguistic change, at phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic level. Learning the reasons of linguistic change, and its spread in space and society.
Szemerényi O., 1980, Introduzione alla linguistica indeuropea, II ediz., Milano, Unicopli, 21-120.
Milizia P., 2002, Le lingue indoeuropee, Roma, Carocci.
Mutuazione: 20704168 LINGUISTICA GENERALE 3 in Lingue e mediazione linguistico-culturale L-12 CANALE 2 POMPEI ANNA
Programme
This course will deal with the following three topics:(1) Basic knowledge of the history of comparative and historical linguistics.
(2) Learning the comparative method (reconstruction of the Indo-European phonological system) and the most important phonetic laws; analysis of some topics of the Indo-European morphophonology; comparison among genealogical, typological, and areal classification of languages.
(3) Analysis of the linguistic change, at phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic level. Learning the reasons of linguistic change, and its spread in space and society.
Core Documentation
Lehmann W.P., 1998, Manuale di linguistica storica, Bologna, il Mulino (capp. 2, 5-14).Szemerényi O., 1980, Introduzione alla linguistica indeuropea, II ediz., Milano, Unicopli, 21-120.
Milizia P., 2002, Le lingue indoeuropee, Roma, Carocci.
Type of delivery of the course
TraditionalType of evaluation
Written test