ITALIAN FOR SPECIALIZED PURPOSES

Sergio LUBELLO ITALIAN FOR SPECIALIZED PURPOSES

4322100099
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
ExamDate
APPELLO GENNAIO15/01/2025 - 10:30
APPELLO FEBBRAIO10/02/2025 - 10:30
Objectives
AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A SOLID KNOWLEDGE OF THE VARIETIES OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND TO IDENTIFY THE PLACE THE SPECIALIZED LANGUAGES OCCUPY AMONG CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN VARIETIES.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT:
-THE FOUR MAIN DIMENSIONS OF LINGUISTIC VARIATION (DIATOPIC, DIASTRATIC, DIAPHASIC, DIAMESIC VARIATION);
-THE DEFINITION AND GENERAL FEATURES OF A SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE (AT LEXICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, SYNTACTIC, TEXTUAL LEVEL).

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO CONDUCT:
-AN APPLICATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOME SPECIAL USES OF ITALIAN (FROM THOSE MORE SPECIFICALLY SPECIALIZED, AS IN MEDICINE AND LAW, TO THOSE MORE WIDELY SECTORAL AS IN THE BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS);
-A MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS OF SPOKEN SPEECHES AND WRITTEN TEXTS.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-DEFINE A SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE AND ITS GENERAL LINGUISTIC TRAITS;
-ANALYZE A SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE IN ITS BOTH VERTICAL (FROM THE SCIENTIFIC TO THE POPULAR LEVEL) AND HORIZONTAL DIMENSIONS (LEXICON TRANSFER FROM ONE SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE INTO ANOTHER).

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-IMPROVE THE ACCURACY IN ITALIAN SPECIALIZED LANGUAGES USE;
-ACQUIRE A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE LINGUISTIC STRUCTURES OF ITALIAN IN WRITTEN AND ORAL USES.

LEARNING SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-STUDY RECENT RESEARCH RELATING TO THE ITALIAN SPECIALIZED LANGUAGES;
-ANALYZE WRITTEN TEXTS AND SPOKEN SPEECHES AT A SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR LEVEL.
Prerequisites
GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE LINGUISTIC STRUCTURES OF ITALIAN IN WRITTEN AND ORAL USES; KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASICS OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS AND ITALIAN LINGUISTICS.
Contents
-THE FOUR MAIN DIMENSIONS OF LINGUISTIC VARIATION (DIATOPIC, DIASTRATIC, DIAPHASIC, DIAMESIC VARIATION) - 8 HOURS;
-DEFINITION AND GENERAL FEATURES OF A SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE (AT LEXICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, SYNTACTIC, TEXTUAL LEVELS) - 7 HOURS;
-APPLICATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOME SPECIAL USES OF ITALIAN (FROM THOSE MORE SPECIFICALLY SPECIALIZED, AS IN MEDICINE AND LAW, TO THOSE MORE WIDELY SECTORAL, AS IN THE BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS) - 10 HOURS;
-MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS OF SPOKEN SPEECHES AND WRITTEN TEXTS - 5 HOURS.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES, COLLABORATIVE PLENARY DISCUSSIONS, GUIDED OBSERVATION OF DATA, PRACTICAL EXERCISES.
THE COURSE IS ESSENTIALLY BASED ON FRONTAL TEACHING. DURING THE LESSONS HAS BEEN PLANNED THE SCREENING OF SLIDES TO SHOW GRAPHICS, LAYOUTS AND EXAMPLES CONCERNING THE TOPICS OF THE TEXTBOOKS.
Verification of learning
THE ASSESSMENT OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED WILL BE DONE THROUGH A WRITTEN TEST (TIME ALLOTTED: ONE HOUR).

THE EXAM IS DESIGNED TO ASSESS THE LEVEL ACHIEVED BY THE STUDENT IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE THEORETICAL TOOLS PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE AND THEIR APPLICATION TO TEXTS AND REAL LANGUAGE DATA.

Texts
- LUBELLO, S., NOBILI, C. (2018). L’ITALIANO E LE SUE VARIETÀ, FIRENZE, FRANCO CESATI, 2018
- LUBELLO, S., L’ITALIANO DEL DIRITTO, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2021
- LUBELLO, S., IL DIRITTO DAL BASSO, FIRENZE, CESATI, 2024
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