Scienze della Comunicazione | LINGUISTICS 1

cod. 0312200065

LINGUISTICS 1

	0312200065
	DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
	EQF6
	COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
	2022/2023

CURRICULUM COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-LIN/01	9	60	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
LINGUISTICA 1	31/01/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
LINGUISTICA 1	31/01/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
LINGUISTICA 1	15/02/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
LINGUISTICA 1	15/02/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	THE CLASS IS MEANT TO GIVE STUDENTS A BASIC BACKGROUND IN SOME ASPECTS OF LINGUISTICS DESCRIPTION AND THEORY WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SYNTAX. FURHERMORE, THE COURSE PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH BASIC ASPECTS OF THE MORPHO-PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ITALIAN. STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DESCRIPTIVE AND ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGIES; THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ELABORATE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE.

THE CLASS IS MEANT TO GIVE STUDENTS A BASIC BACKGROUND IN SOME ASPECTS OF LINGUISTICS DESCRIPTION AND THEORY WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SYNTAX. FURHERMORE, THE COURSE PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH BASIC ASPECTS OF THE MORPHO-PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ITALIAN.
STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DESCRIPTIVE AND ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGIES; THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ELABORATE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE.

	Prerequisites
	T IS REQUIRED THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE A VERY GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX AT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

	Contents
	TOPICS ARE: •LANGUAGES: NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL LANGUAGE •MODELS OF COMMUNICATION: SHANNON AND JAKOBSON •FINITE STATE AUTOMATA •GENERATIVE TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR •ITALIAN MORPHO-SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE •ELEMENTS OF PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY: SOUNDS, PHONEMES, MINIMAL PAIRS, PHONOLOGICAL RULES •DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

	Teaching Methods
	FRONTAL LESSONS

	Verification of learning
	T THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL TAKE AN ORAL EXAM THATWILL EVALUATE THE KNOWLEDGE STUDENTS HAVE ACQUIRED OF THE MAIN ANALYTICAL MODELS THAT CONCERN LANGUAGE FUNCTIONING, IN PARTICULAR THE MORPHO-SYNTACTIC AND PHONETIC/PHONOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE, THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE INFORMATION STRUCTURE IN DISCOURSE.

	Texts
	GRAFFI, GIORGIO, SCALISE, SERGIO (2002), LE LINGUE E IL LINGUAGGIO, IL MULINO: BOLOGNA (CAP. I, II, IV, V, VII) PINKER STEVEN, (1997), L’ISTINTO DEL LINGUAGGIO, MONDADORI: MILANO (CAP. V) LOMBARDO VALLAURI, E. (2009), LA STRUTTURA INFORMATIVA, CAROCCI (UP TO PAGE 99)