The course aims to analyze in depth topics, issues and authors who, for various reasons, represent crucial turning points in the history of the Italian language.
The course will focus on literary Italian (ancient and modern), but will also examine other uses and registers of the language, such as jargons, technical languages and semiliterate production, taking into account the complex geolinguistic situation of the Italian territory, where dialects and minority languages play even today an important role.
With regard in particular to the earliest phases of the language, texts of outstanding interest, both in prose and in poetry, will be read and commented upon in detail.
The student will therefore acquire an in-depth knowledge of the historical development of the Italian language its earliest attestations to the present.
(S)He will furthermore acquire the ability to apply with confidence the methodology of linguistic analysis to literary and non-literary texts, also in a diachronic perspective.
The course will focus on literary Italian (ancient and modern), but will also examine other uses and registers of the language, such as jargons, technical languages and semiliterate production, taking into account the complex geolinguistic situation of the Italian territory, where dialects and minority languages play even today an important role.
With regard in particular to the earliest phases of the language, texts of outstanding interest, both in prose and in poetry, will be read and commented upon in detail.
The student will therefore acquire an in-depth knowledge of the historical development of the Italian language its earliest attestations to the present.
(S)He will furthermore acquire the ability to apply with confidence the methodology of linguistic analysis to literary and non-literary texts, also in a diachronic perspective.
teacher profile teaching materials
2) Marcello Teodonio, La letteratura romanesca. Antologia dei testi dalla fine del Cinquecento al 1870, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2004.
3) Paolo D'Achille, Antonella Stefinlongo, Anna Maria Boccafurni, Lasciatece parlà. Il romanesco nell'Italia di oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2012.
Attending students can replace some chapters of volumes 2-3) with notes and materials provided in class.
Programme
Roman dialect from the Middle Age to nowadaysCore Documentation
1) Pietro Trifone, Storia linguistica di Roma, Roma, Carocci, 2008.2) Marcello Teodonio, La letteratura romanesca. Antologia dei testi dalla fine del Cinquecento al 1870, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2004.
3) Paolo D'Achille, Antonella Stefinlongo, Anna Maria Boccafurni, Lasciatece parlà. Il romanesco nell'Italia di oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2012.
Attending students can replace some chapters of volumes 2-3) with notes and materials provided in class.
Type of delivery of the course
Taught class involving active participation on the part of the students. Lessons can be attended in person or remotely, according to the rules and procedures established by the University, but they will not be recorded. Attendance is recommended. The syllabus is the same for all students, regardless of whether they attend.Attendance
The course intends to present the linguistic history of Rome, retracing its most salient events (both from a linguistic and historical-cultural point of view) starting from the first testimonies of the vernacular. Particular attention will be devoted to the analysis of the contemporary situation of the Roman dialect, also inserted in the wider Italian context. The analysis of the birth and evolution of the vernacular of Rome will be accompanied by the reading and analysis of particularly relevant texts, useful for completing the historical-linguistic framework provided.Type of evaluation
An oral exam at the end of the course. Interim assessments will not be available. The exam will focus on the material referred to under ‘Bibliography’ and on the topics dealt with during the course. The exam 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.