Elementary notions of linguistics, such as phonemes, morphemes, phrases, lexemes, the understanding of the distinctions among the various levels of analysis, the ability to recogniza linguistic phenomena in actual utterances, IPA transcription, etc.
Canali
teacher profile teaching materials
- The rise of linguistics. Historical linguistics. General linguistics.
- Semiotic foundations of language. Design features.
- Using the language device: the theory of Speech Acts, the theory of implicatures. Persuading: the need to know how the device is shaped. Intonation and politeness. Sociolinguistic choices.
Linguistic and present-day comunication: linguistic strategies of persuasive communication. The grammar of persuasion.
Linguistics and society: rights, linguistic deprivation, variational linguistics.
- Linguistics and the languages of the world.
- Phonetics; phonetic transcription. Italian and English phonetics.
- Phonology. Phonemes and allophones. Phonological oppositions. Phonological rules. The syllable. Suprasegmental features. Intonation, illocution and Information Structure.
- The lexicon. The Word. Word classes.
- Morphology. Morphemes and allomorphs. Types of morphemes and morphological typology. Inflexion. Word formation: derivation and composition.
- Syntax. Structure. Head and modifier. Basic word order. Argument structure. The ergative parameter.
- Semantics. What is meaning. Types of meanings. Ordering schemes for meanings. The delimitation of meanings: traditional categories and prototypes.
- Pragmatics. Macropragmatics: speech acts and conversational implicatures. Micropragmatics: Information Structure of the utterance.
- Interfaces between levels. The phonology-morphology interface: the loss of inflections, metaphony. The morphology-syntax interface: inflection and word order. The syntax-pragmatics interface: marked constructions and informational stress.
- Linguistics, knowledge and culture.
- Linguistics, man and the brain: what are we? Linguistic universals. Implicational universals. Explaining language universals. An example: two kinds of memory, and the "magical nunber seven".
- Diachronical linguistics and the past: history, archaeology, philology. Language change. Phonetic change. Morphological change. Semantic change. The "laws" of linguistic change. Words and Things: linguistic reconstruction and cultural reconstruction. The interpretation of texts.
Programme
- Linguistics, as a science of language and thought.- The rise of linguistics. Historical linguistics. General linguistics.
- Semiotic foundations of language. Design features.
- Using the language device: the theory of Speech Acts, the theory of implicatures. Persuading: the need to know how the device is shaped. Intonation and politeness. Sociolinguistic choices.
Linguistic and present-day comunication: linguistic strategies of persuasive communication. The grammar of persuasion.
Linguistics and society: rights, linguistic deprivation, variational linguistics.
- Linguistics and the languages of the world.
- Phonetics; phonetic transcription. Italian and English phonetics.
- Phonology. Phonemes and allophones. Phonological oppositions. Phonological rules. The syllable. Suprasegmental features. Intonation, illocution and Information Structure.
- The lexicon. The Word. Word classes.
- Morphology. Morphemes and allomorphs. Types of morphemes and morphological typology. Inflexion. Word formation: derivation and composition.
- Syntax. Structure. Head and modifier. Basic word order. Argument structure. The ergative parameter.
- Semantics. What is meaning. Types of meanings. Ordering schemes for meanings. The delimitation of meanings: traditional categories and prototypes.
- Pragmatics. Macropragmatics: speech acts and conversational implicatures. Micropragmatics: Information Structure of the utterance.
- Interfaces between levels. The phonology-morphology interface: the loss of inflections, metaphony. The morphology-syntax interface: inflection and word order. The syntax-pragmatics interface: marked constructions and informational stress.
- Linguistics, knowledge and culture.
- Linguistics, man and the brain: what are we? Linguistic universals. Implicational universals. Explaining language universals. An example: two kinds of memory, and the "magical nunber seven".
- Diachronical linguistics and the past: history, archaeology, philology. Language change. Phonetic change. Morphological change. Semantic change. The "laws" of linguistic change. Words and Things: linguistic reconstruction and cultural reconstruction. The interpretation of texts.
Core Documentation
- E. Lombardi Vallauri, La linguistica in pratica. Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013.Type of delivery of the course
TraditionalType of evaluation
Test to be performed on computer stations in a faculty laboratory teacher profile teaching materials
- The birth of linguistics. Historical linguistics. General linguistics.
- Semiotic bases of language. Constitutive traits. - Using the language tool with skill: The theory of speech acts, the theory of implicatures. Convince: know how the instrument was manufactured. Intonation and kindness. Choices of register and familiarity. Linguistics and modern communication: tendentious communication. Linguistic tricks in persuasive messages. Diverting attention: the grammar of persuasion Linguistics and society: rights, linguistic deprivation, the varieties of the repertoire. Logs.
- Linguistics and languages. - Phonetics, phonetic transcription. Phonetics of Italian and English.
- Phonology. Phonemes and allophones. Phonological oppositions. Phonological rules. The syllable. Suprasegmental traits. Intonation, illocutivity, and information structure of the statement.
- Lexicon. The word. Word classes. - Morphology. Morpheme and allomorphic. Types of morphemes and morphological typology. The bending. The formation of words: derivation and composition.
- Syntax. The structure. Head and modifier. The basic order of the elements. The argumental structure. The ergative parameter. - Semantics. What is meaning. Types of meanings. Patterns of sorting meanings. The delimitation of meaning (categories and prototypes).
- Pragmatics. Macropragmatics: linguistic acts and conversational implications. Micropragmatics: the information structure of the statement.
- Interfaces between layers. Interface between phonology and morphology: the loss of endings, metaphonesis. Interface between morphology and syntax: inflection and word order. Interface between syntax and pragmatics: marked constructs and highlighting.
- Linguistics and knowledge.
- Linguistics, man, brain: what are we? Linguistic universals. The universal implications. Explain the universals of language. An example: two types of memory, and the "magical number seven".
- Diachronic linguistics and the ancient: History, Archeology, Philology. Change. Phonetic change. The morphological change. The semantic change. The "laws" of change. Words and things: linguistic and cultural reconstruction. The interpretation of texts.
Programme
- Linguistics: science of language, science of thought- The birth of linguistics. Historical linguistics. General linguistics.
- Semiotic bases of language. Constitutive traits. - Using the language tool with skill: The theory of speech acts, the theory of implicatures. Convince: know how the instrument was manufactured. Intonation and kindness. Choices of register and familiarity. Linguistics and modern communication: tendentious communication. Linguistic tricks in persuasive messages. Diverting attention: the grammar of persuasion Linguistics and society: rights, linguistic deprivation, the varieties of the repertoire. Logs.
- Linguistics and languages. - Phonetics, phonetic transcription. Phonetics of Italian and English.
- Phonology. Phonemes and allophones. Phonological oppositions. Phonological rules. The syllable. Suprasegmental traits. Intonation, illocutivity, and information structure of the statement.
- Lexicon. The word. Word classes. - Morphology. Morpheme and allomorphic. Types of morphemes and morphological typology. The bending. The formation of words: derivation and composition.
- Syntax. The structure. Head and modifier. The basic order of the elements. The argumental structure. The ergative parameter. - Semantics. What is meaning. Types of meanings. Patterns of sorting meanings. The delimitation of meaning (categories and prototypes).
- Pragmatics. Macropragmatics: linguistic acts and conversational implications. Micropragmatics: the information structure of the statement.
- Interfaces between layers. Interface between phonology and morphology: the loss of endings, metaphonesis. Interface between morphology and syntax: inflection and word order. Interface between syntax and pragmatics: marked constructs and highlighting.
- Linguistics and knowledge.
- Linguistics, man, brain: what are we? Linguistic universals. The universal implications. Explain the universals of language. An example: two types of memory, and the "magical number seven".
- Diachronic linguistics and the ancient: History, Archeology, Philology. Change. Phonetic change. The morphological change. The semantic change. The "laws" of change. Words and things: linguistic and cultural reconstruction. The interpretation of texts.
Core Documentation
Lombardi Vallauri, Edoardo. (2013). La linguistica. In pratica. Il Mulino, Bologna. (3° edizione)Reference Bibliography
Lombardi Vallauri, Edoardo. (2013). La linguistica. In pratica. Il Mulino, Bologna. (3° edizione)Type of delivery of the course
Written test with open questionsAttendance
Attendance is not compulsory but non-attending students are adivsed to contact the professor before the examType of evaluation
Open-ended questions.