20702470 - ITALIAN DIALECTOLOGY

The aim of the Dialectology course is to give the student the knowledge of the fundamentals of Italian dialectology both from a historical point of view, with attention to the formation of the Italo-Roman domain, and synchronic, with reference also to sociolinguistic problems of a variational nature.

Curriculum

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Programme

Introduction to Italian dialectology and to the dialects of Italy. The third phase of the Roman dialect.

Course description: the course aims to introduce the student to the linguistic discipline of dialectology, to the concept of dialect, to the Italo-Romance dialectal systems and their characteristics according to the various levels of analysis (phonics, morphology, syntax and lexicon), to variety of the Italian repertoire and alloglot languages. The second part of the course, more monographic, will be reserved for the language of Rome: from the language of Belli's sonnets to the varieties of today's Roman repertoire, with particular attention to the post-unification romanesco by the great playwright and actor Ettore Petrolini.

Core Documentation

Bibliography:
-F. Avolio (2009), Lingue e dialetti d’Italia, Roma, Carocci.
-P. Trifone, Storia linguistica di Roma, Roma, Carocci, 2008 (3.5.1, 3.5.2, and chapter 4).
-C. Giovanardi-I. Consales, Petrolini inedito. Commedie, macchiette e stornelli mai pubblicati, Roma, Gremese, 2010: first two introductory essays and two plays .


Type of delivery of the course

Traditional, unless otherwise specified due to the pandemic.

Type of evaluation

An oral exam at the end of the course. It will assess: 1) the depth and breadth of the knowledge of the subject acquired; 2) command of the technical vocabulary; 3) the ability to bring together critically topics and issues dealt with during the course.

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Mutuazione: 20702470 DIALETTOLOGIA ITALIANA in Lettere L-10 N0 CONSALES ILDE

Programme

Introduction to Italian dialectology and to the dialects of Italy. The third phase of the Roman dialect.

Course description: the course aims to introduce the student to the linguistic discipline of dialectology, to the concept of dialect, to the Italo-Romance dialectal systems and their characteristics according to the various levels of analysis (phonics, morphology, syntax and lexicon), to variety of the Italian repertoire and alloglot languages. The second part of the course, more monographic, will be reserved for the language of Rome: from the language of Belli's sonnets to the varieties of today's Roman repertoire, with particular attention to the post-unification romanesco by the great playwright and actor Ettore Petrolini.

Core Documentation

Bibliography:
-F. Avolio (2009), Lingue e dialetti d’Italia, Roma, Carocci.
-P. Trifone, Storia linguistica di Roma, Roma, Carocci, 2008 (3.5.1, 3.5.2, and chapter 4).
-C. Giovanardi-I. Consales, Petrolini inedito. Commedie, macchiette e stornelli mai pubblicati, Roma, Gremese, 2010: first two introductory essays and two plays .


Type of delivery of the course

Traditional, unless otherwise specified due to the pandemic.

Type of evaluation

An oral exam at the end of the course. It will assess: 1) the depth and breadth of the knowledge of the subject acquired; 2) command of the technical vocabulary; 3) the ability to bring together critically topics and issues dealt with during the course.