The module 1 B “Syntax and the Languages of the World” has the aim to provide competences on syntactic analysis and skills in the application of the acquired abilities in the comparison between different languages; knowledge of the diverse types of classification (languages families; typological and areal linguistics), critical reflection on the different levels of linguistic analysis, including the relation between the formal, semantic and pragmatic aspects of languages (“interfaces”).
Expected learning outcomes: the students will understand the distinction and relation between the different levels of analysis and will be able to apply universal rules of phrasal composition to different languages, reflecting on and accounting for some major syntactic phenomena.
Expected learning outcomes: the students will understand the distinction and relation between the different levels of analysis and will be able to apply universal rules of phrasal composition to different languages, reflecting on and accounting for some major syntactic phenomena.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
Chapter 1 - Il linguaggio verbale (Verbal language)
(except "box" 1.1, "Sistemi di scrittura", and paragraph 1.3.12, "Lingua solo umana").
Chapter 2 - Fonetica e fonologia (Phonetics and phonology)
(except paragraph 2.1.6, "Consonanti", paragraph 2.1.7, "Vocali e approssimanti", the "boxes" 2.3, 2.4 e 2.5, and paragraphs 2.3, "Fatti prosodici", 2.3.1, "Accento", 2.3.2, "Tono e intonazione" and 2.3.3, "Lunghezza").
In addition to the contents of this chapter, there is the table "I fonemi dell'italiano standard", that you can download from http://lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/bacheca/dcerbasi/materiali-didattici/
At the end of chapter 2, you should do also the exercises 13, 14, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29. A further exercise, regarding "Trascrizione fonetica", can be downloaded from http://lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/bacheca/dcerbasi/materiali-didattici/
Chapter 3 - Morfologia (Morphology)
(except "box" 3.1, paragraph 3.2.3, "Altri tipi di morfemi", and "scheda" 3.1).
At the end of this chapter, you should do also the exercises 22, 23, 34 and 35. Furthermore, there is an exercise called "Scomposizione morfematica", which can be downloaded from http://lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/bacheca/dcerbasi/materiali-didattici/
Chapter 5 - Semantica, lessico e pragmatica (Semantics, lexicon and pragmatics).
At the end of this chapter, you should also do the exercises 10, 11 and 12.
Chapter 7 - Mutamento e variazione nelle lingue (Change and variation in languages).
Notice that, as regards paragraph 7.1.2, "Fenomeni del mutamento", you can choose and remember just three examples, but each at a different level of language analysis, e.g. phonetics, morphology and semantics; the same is valid for "fenomeni della variazione diatopica", "fenomeni della variazione diastratica" and "fenomeni della variazione diafasica" in paragraph 7.2.2, i.e. just three examples for each kind of phenomena (each example at a different level of languages analysis).
Programme
Textbook: G. Berruto, M. Cerruti, “La linguistica. Un corso introduttivo”, Utet, Torino, 2017 (chapters 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7).Chapter 1 - Il linguaggio verbale (Verbal language)
(except "box" 1.1, "Sistemi di scrittura", and paragraph 1.3.12, "Lingua solo umana").
Chapter 2 - Fonetica e fonologia (Phonetics and phonology)
(except paragraph 2.1.6, "Consonanti", paragraph 2.1.7, "Vocali e approssimanti", the "boxes" 2.3, 2.4 e 2.5, and paragraphs 2.3, "Fatti prosodici", 2.3.1, "Accento", 2.3.2, "Tono e intonazione" and 2.3.3, "Lunghezza").
In addition to the contents of this chapter, there is the table "I fonemi dell'italiano standard", that you can download from http://lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/bacheca/dcerbasi/materiali-didattici/
At the end of chapter 2, you should do also the exercises 13, 14, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29. A further exercise, regarding "Trascrizione fonetica", can be downloaded from http://lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/bacheca/dcerbasi/materiali-didattici/
Chapter 3 - Morfologia (Morphology)
(except "box" 3.1, paragraph 3.2.3, "Altri tipi di morfemi", and "scheda" 3.1).
At the end of this chapter, you should do also the exercises 22, 23, 34 and 35. Furthermore, there is an exercise called "Scomposizione morfematica", which can be downloaded from http://lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/bacheca/dcerbasi/materiali-didattici/
Chapter 5 - Semantica, lessico e pragmatica (Semantics, lexicon and pragmatics).
At the end of this chapter, you should also do the exercises 10, 11 and 12.
Chapter 7 - Mutamento e variazione nelle lingue (Change and variation in languages).
Notice that, as regards paragraph 7.1.2, "Fenomeni del mutamento", you can choose and remember just three examples, but each at a different level of language analysis, e.g. phonetics, morphology and semantics; the same is valid for "fenomeni della variazione diatopica", "fenomeni della variazione diastratica" and "fenomeni della variazione diafasica" in paragraph 7.2.2, i.e. just three examples for each kind of phenomena (each example at a different level of languages analysis).
Core Documentation
G. Berruto, M. Cerruti, “La linguistica. Un corso introduttivo”, Utet, Torino, 2017 (chapters 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7).Type of delivery of the course
Traditional classes in Italian language.Type of evaluation
Written exam (open-ended questions). Oral exam on Teams (in September 2020) only if specifically requested by the student for reasons related to the pandemic. teacher profile teaching materials
Chapter 1 - Il linguaggio verbale (Verbal language)
(except "box" 1.1, "Sistemi di scrittura", and paragraph 1.3.12, "Lingua solo umana").
Chapter 2 - Fonetica e fonologia (Phonetics and phonology)
(except paragraph 2.1.6, "Consonanti", paragraph 2.1.7, "Vocali e approssimanti", the "boxes" 2.3, 2.4 e 2.5, and paragraphs 2.3, "Fatti prosodici", 2.3.1, "Accento", 2.3.2, "Tono e intonazione" and 2.3.3, "Lunghezza").
In addition to the contents of this chapter, there is the table "I fonemi dell'italiano standard", that you can download from http://lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/bacheca/dcerbasi/materiali-didattici/
At the end of chapter 2, you should do also the exercises 13, 14, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29. A further exercise, regarding "Trascrizione fonetica", can be downloaded from http://lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/bacheca/dcerbasi/materiali-didattici/
Chapter 3 - Morfologia (Morphology)
(except "box" 3.1, paragraph 3.2.3, "Altri tipi di morfemi", and "scheda" 3.1).
At the end of this chapter, you should do also the exercises 22, 23, 34 and 35. Furthermore, there is an exercise called "Scomposizione morfematica", which can be downloaded from http://lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/bacheca/dcerbasi/materiali-didattici/
Chapter 5 - Semantica, lessico e pragmatica (Semantics, lexicon and pragmatics).
At the end of this chapter, you should also do the exercises 10, 11 and 12.
Chapter 7 - Mutamento e variazione nelle lingue (Change and variation in languages).
Notice that, as regards paragraph 7.1.2, "Fenomeni del mutamento", you can choose and remember just three examples, but each at a different level of language analysis, e.g. phonetics, morphology and semantics; the same is valid for "fenomeni della variazione diatopica", "fenomeni della variazione diastratica" and "fenomeni della variazione diafasica" in paragraph 7.2.2, i.e. just three examples for each kind of phenomena (each example at a different level of languages analysis).
Programme
Textbook: G. Berruto, M. Cerruti, “La linguistica. Un corso introduttivo”, Utet, Torino, 2017 (chapters 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7).Chapter 1 - Il linguaggio verbale (Verbal language)
(except "box" 1.1, "Sistemi di scrittura", and paragraph 1.3.12, "Lingua solo umana").
Chapter 2 - Fonetica e fonologia (Phonetics and phonology)
(except paragraph 2.1.6, "Consonanti", paragraph 2.1.7, "Vocali e approssimanti", the "boxes" 2.3, 2.4 e 2.5, and paragraphs 2.3, "Fatti prosodici", 2.3.1, "Accento", 2.3.2, "Tono e intonazione" and 2.3.3, "Lunghezza").
In addition to the contents of this chapter, there is the table "I fonemi dell'italiano standard", that you can download from http://lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/bacheca/dcerbasi/materiali-didattici/
At the end of chapter 2, you should do also the exercises 13, 14, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29. A further exercise, regarding "Trascrizione fonetica", can be downloaded from http://lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/bacheca/dcerbasi/materiali-didattici/
Chapter 3 - Morfologia (Morphology)
(except "box" 3.1, paragraph 3.2.3, "Altri tipi di morfemi", and "scheda" 3.1).
At the end of this chapter, you should do also the exercises 22, 23, 34 and 35. Furthermore, there is an exercise called "Scomposizione morfematica", which can be downloaded from http://lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/bacheca/dcerbasi/materiali-didattici/
Chapter 5 - Semantica, lessico e pragmatica (Semantics, lexicon and pragmatics).
At the end of this chapter, you should also do the exercises 10, 11 and 12.
Chapter 7 - Mutamento e variazione nelle lingue (Change and variation in languages).
Notice that, as regards paragraph 7.1.2, "Fenomeni del mutamento", you can choose and remember just three examples, but each at a different level of language analysis, e.g. phonetics, morphology and semantics; the same is valid for "fenomeni della variazione diatopica", "fenomeni della variazione diastratica" and "fenomeni della variazione diafasica" in paragraph 7.2.2, i.e. just three examples for each kind of phenomena (each example at a different level of languages analysis).
Core Documentation
G. Berruto, M. Cerruti, “La linguistica. Un corso introduttivo”, Utet, Torino, 2017 (chapters 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7).Type of delivery of the course
Traditional classes in Italian language.Type of evaluation
Written exam (open-ended questions). Oral exam on Teams (in September 2020) only if specifically requested by the student for reasons related to the pandemic.