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LINGUISTICS

CARMELA SAMMARCO LINGUISTICS

0312600043
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
HUMANITIES
2023/2024

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1260LESSONS


CARMELA SAMMARCO T Curriculum
Objectives
THE MAIN GOAL OF THE COURSE IS TO TEACH STUDENTS THE BASICS OF LANGUAGE, WHAT A LANGUAGE IS, HOW IT IS STRUCTURED AND WHAT ARE THE POINTS OF CONTACT AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.


KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING (DUBLIN DESCRIPTOR 1): THE COURSE PROMOTES AND DEVELOPS STUDENTS’ LINGUISTIC AWARENESS. TO THIS END, THE COURSE AIMS FOR THE STUDENT TO:

- DEVELOP AN AWARENESS OF WHAT A LANGUAGE IS, HOW IT IS ORGANISED, AND THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LANGUAGES;
- MASTER THE CONCEPTS, MODELS, AND METHODS FUNDAMENTAL TO MODERN LINGUISTICS;
- BE ABLE TO COMPARE DATA FROM DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND IDENTIFY THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM;
- MASTER THE THEORETICAL AND TECHNICAL BASES FOR ANALYSING AND DESCRIBING LANGUAGES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS: PHONETIC, PHONOLOGICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, SYNTACTIC, SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING (DUBLIN DESCRIPTOR 2): THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH THE ABILITY TO NAVIGATE THE VAST WORLD OF LINGUISTICS; IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- APPLY THE THEORETICAL CONCEPTS ACQUIRED TO THE ANALYSIS OF LINGUISTIC DATA;
- COMPARE THE DATA OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES - STARTING FROM ITALIAN - WORKING OUT THE COMMON AND THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT (DUBLIN DESCRIPTOR 3): THE COURSE AIMS TO DEVELOP IN STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO:
- FORMULATE HYPOTHESES, MAKE LOGICAL CONNECTIONS, REASON, COMPARE AND EVALUATE LANGUAGES OF DIFFERENT KINDS;
- CRITICALLY SELECT SOURCES OF INFORMATION (BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND MULTIMEDIA) FOR THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT LINGUISTIC CODES;
- RELATE AND CONSIDER LINGUISTIC PHENOMENA IN RELATION TO CULTURAL AND SPATIAL CONTEXTS OF REFERENCE AND TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT OVER TIME;
- THE ABILITY TO ORGANISE AND CRITICALLY EVALUATE COURSE CONTENT.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS (DUBLIN DESCRIPTOR 4): THE COURSE AIMS TO DEVELOP IN STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO:
- USE THE META-LANGUAGE OF THE SUBJECT APPROPRIATELY;
- DEVELOP AN AWARENESS OF LANGUAGES AS IMPORTANT MEANS OF COMMUNICATION IN HUMAN COMMUNITIES;
- PRESENT AND COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF THEIR RESEARCH AND ELABORATIONS IN TEXTS OR VIRTUAL TOOLS.

LEARNING ABILITY (DUBLIN DESCRIPTOR 5): THE COURSE AIMS TO DEVELOP IN STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO:
- USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR ANALYSIS AND ARCHIVING;
- RESEARCH, UNDERSTAND, AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS OF VARIOUS TYPES, E.G., LITERARY, INSTITUTIONAL, ADVERTISING, ETC;
- CONSTANTLY UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.



Prerequisites
KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC CONCEPTS OF ITALIAN GRAMMAR
Contents
INTRODUCTION MODULE OF BASIC GRAMMAR (HOURS OF LESSONS 6)
WORLD LANGUAGES AND LANGUAGE CLASSIFICATION METHODS (HOURS OF LESSONS 6)
PHENOMENA OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE (DIACHRONIC VARIATION) (HOURS OF LESSONS 4)
SYNCHRONIC VARIATION AND ELEMENTS OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS (HOURS OF LESSONS 4)
SEMIOTIC FOUNDATIONS OF HISTORICAL-NATURAL LANGUAGES (HOURS OF LESSONS 8)
PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY WITH ELEMENTS OF PROSODY (HOURS OF LESSONS 10)
MORPHOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGICAL TYPOLOGY (HOURS OF LESSONS 8)
SYNTAX AND SYNTACTIC TYPOLOGY (HOURS OF LESSONS 8)
SEMANTICS, LEXICON, AND PRAGMATICS (HOURS OF LESSONS 6)
Teaching Methods
THIS COURSE IS OF 12 CREDITS AND CONSISTS OF 60 HOURS OF LECTURES, IN WHICH WILL BE ALTERNATED - ACCORDING TO THE DIDACTIC NEEDS - HOURS OF LECTURES AND HOURS OF EXERCISES. DURING THE HOURS OF LECTURES WILL BE EXPOSED ALL THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE, WHILE THE EXERCISES WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE CARRYING OUT OF EXERCISES NECESSARY TO CONSOLIDATE THE NOTIONS EXPOSED IN THE TEACHING HOURS AND TO TAKE THE FINAL.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE USE OF AN E-LEARNING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR EXERCISES AND SELF-ASSESSMENT (A DIRECT LINK TO THE EXERCISES WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE TEACHER'S PERSONAL PAGE). THE ONLINE MODE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY MEETINGS AND TESTS WITH THE LECTURER.

Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN TEST (LASTING TWO HOURS) DIVIDED INTO FIVE SECTIONS. THE WRITTEN TEST IS PRECEDED BY 7 BASIC QUESTIONS (TWO FOR GRAMMAR AND ONE FOR EACH SECTION OF THE TEST). THE CORRECT ANSWER TO AT LEAST 5 OF THESE 7 BASIC QUESTIONS IS PRELIMINARY AND ESSENTIAL FOR THE CORRECTION OF THE TEST, SO IF YOU DO NOT ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS CORRECTLY, THE TEST IS CONSIDERED INSUFFICIENT.
THE SECTIONS OF THE WRITTEN TEST ARE STRUCTURED AS FOLLOWS:
1)GENERAL SECTION, WHICH CONTAINS QUESTIONS OF SEMIOTICS, ON WORLD LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTIC VARIABILITY;
2)PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY;
3)MORPHOLOGY;
4)SYNTAX;
5)SEMANTICS, LEXICON AND PRAGMATICS.

EACH SECTION CONTAINS OPEN QUESTIONS AND CLOSED OR MULTIPLE QUESTIONS.
FOR EACH EXERCISE IS GIVEN THE HIGHEST RATING. THE SUM OF THE SCORES OBTAINED IN EACH APPLICATION WILL BE THE MARK OF EACH SECTION.
EACH SECTION HAS A MINIMUM SCORE THAT MUST BE REACHED: IF THIS MINIMUM SCORE IS NOT REACHED THERE WILL BE A DEDUCTION OF ONE POINT.
THE FINAL MARK WILL BE CALCULATED BY ADDING THE SCORES OBTAINED IN EACH SECTION (PLUS THE POINTS FOR PASSING THE BASIC QUESTIONS), AND CALCULATING POSSIBLE PENALTIES.
THE MINIMUM MARK TO PASS THE EXAM IS 18/30. THE EXAM TEST CONSISTS OF A VARIABLE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WHOSE FINAL SCORE IS ALWAYS HIGHER THAN 40. HONOURS WILL BE AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHOSE FINAL SCORE EXCEEDS 34.

Texts
G. BERRUTO, M. CERRUTI (2022), LA LINGUISTICA. UN CORSO INTRODUTTIVO, TORINO, UTET LIBRERIA.
THE MATERIAL FOR THE INTRODUCTORY MODULE OF BASIC GRAMMAR WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE TEACHER’S WEBSITE.

More Information
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, THE TEACHER WILL RECEIVE STUDENTS IN HER OFFICE (THIRD-FLOOR BUILDING D3) DURING THE HOURS INDICATED ON HER PERSONAL WEB PAGE
THE PROFESSOR CAN BE CONTACTED BY E-MAIL AT CSAMMARCO@UNISA.IT.
LECTURES WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE FIRST SEMESTER.

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