95388 - Spanish Linguistics Exercises I (Lm)

Learning outcomes

The global aim of this course, which includes lectures and language classes - is to provide students with an expert knowledge of a number of aspects of Spanish linguistics, enabling them not only to communicate effectively in Spanish, but also to think critically about and describe the metalinguistic factors at play in language use. This aim will be achieved by providing students with theoretical knowledge related to one or more of the following areas of Spanish linguistics: phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicology, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, stylistics and corpus linguistics. The focus of the course will be on real language use, with authentic texts (written and/ or spoken, belonging to different registers) and electronic language corpora used as examples. Language classes aim to improve students' linguistic competence; over the two year period students knowledge of English should reach an equivalent level to C2 in accordance with the European framework in all four abilities. These classes will work in connection with the lectures to improve students' writing skills in particular.

Course contents

Language lessons/Lettorato (Dott. Pilar Asarta)

The objective of the course is to achieve a good level of specialization in the Spanish language through: analysis of texts on issues related to the Spanish language; essays and articles on current affairs (preparation of synthesis and personal comments); analysis of language, particularly of some varieties of Spanish, through different texts; writing formal texts (essays, articles, etc.); analysis of real documents on various topics related to the Spanish and Spanish-American language and culture to put into practice the oral competence, to know different lexical fields, idiomatic expressions, and the study of grammatical structures at the C1 / C2 levels. Special attention will be paid to the linguistic divergences between Italian and Spanish, while some particular aspects related to vocabulary, grammar and pragmatics will be reviewed.

Further information will be provided at the beginning of the course and in this website: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/mariadel.asarta

Readings/Bibliography

Los materiales y las lecturas relacionadas con el lectorado se pondrán a disposición de los estudiantes en Virtuale https://virtuale.unibo.it/ Esercitazioni di Spanish Linguistics 1

Assessment methods

Exam (starting level C1):

• WRITTEN EXAM: exercices on vocabulary and short essay about a specific subject of the linguistics course;
• ORAL EXAM: morphosyntactic and lexical analysis of a text concerning a specific subject of the linguistics course.

N.B. The final grade of the course is the sum obtained for 1/3 of the result achieved in the language lessons (lettorato) exam (36 hours) and for 2/3 of the result achieved in the linguistics (lezioni frontali) exam (60 hours).

N.B. Students are allowed to take the linguistics exam (lezioni frontali) only after having passed both written and oral exams related to the language lessons (lettorato).

Teaching tools

Castro, F. (2006). Uso de la gramática española. Madrid: Edelsa

Carrera Díaz, M. (1997). Grammatica spagnola. Bari: Laterza

RAE Ortografía de la lengua española. (2010) Madrid: Espasa Calpe.

Office hours

See the website of Ana Pano Alaman