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HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS

Lettere HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
ARTS
2014/2015



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2008
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1260LESSONS
CLAUDIO IACOBINI T Curriculum
Objectives
The course aims to teach students what a language is, how it is organised as well as the points of contact and differences between different languages, focusing on linguistic variation and change.
Students will be able to compare data from different languages, extracting common and contrasting elements at phonological, morphological syntactic and semantic level.
Prerequisites
BASIC COMPETENCE OF LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS

Contents
THE CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES; THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM; PHONOLOGICAL CHANGE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE; THE GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES OF INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES; SYNTACTIC CHANGE; EXPLANATIONS OF CHANGE.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES

Verification of learning
WRITTEN EXAM
Texts
GLOTTOLOGY
1) SILVIA LURAGHI, INTRODUZIONE ALLA LINGUISTICA STORICA, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2006

2) BASILE G., F. CASADEI, L. LORENZETTI, G. SCHIRRU, A.M. THORNTON, LINGUISTICA GENERALE, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2010 (CAPITOLI: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

3) CAMPANILE E., B. COMRIE, C. WATKINS, INTRODUZIONE ALLA LINGUA E ALLA CULTURA DEGLI INDOEUROPEI, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO 2005 (CAPITOLI: 1ANTICHITÀ INDOEUROPEE; 3 LA FAMIGLIA LINGUISTICA INDOEUROPEA: PROSPETTIVE GENETICHE E TIPOLOGICHE)

GENERAL LINGUISTICS 2
1) SILVIA LURAGHI, INTRODUZIONE ALLA LINGUISTICA STORICA, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2006

2) CAMPANILE E., B. COMRIE, C. WATKINS, INTRODUZIONE ALLA LINGUA E ALLA CULTURA DEGLI INDOEUROPEI, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO 2005 (CAPITOLI: 1ANTICHITÀ INDOEUROPEE; 3 LA FAMIGLIA LINGUISTICA INDOEUROPEA: PROSPETTIVE GENETICHE E TIPOLOGICHE)

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THE ATTENDANCE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. ALL STUDENTS (EXP. NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS) ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE TEACHER DURING OFFICE HOURS OR BY MAIL (CIACOBINI@UNISA.IT).
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