- Docente: Elisabetta Magni
- Credits: 3
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0078)
Learning outcomes
This is an advanced course in Historical Linguistics that
presupposes some previous knowledge of Theoretical Linguistics.
Therefore the passing of the exam of Linguistica Generale is
required.
Course contents
The course deals with historical linguistics and mechanisms of
language change. The main subjects are the description and the
interpretation of the phenomena of phonetic, morphological,
syntactic, and semantic change that characterize the diachronic
development of the Romance and Germanic languages.
Readings/Bibliography
1) H. Walter, L'avventura delle lingue in Occidente. Origini.
Storia. Geografia. Roma-Bari: Editori Laterza, 1999.
2) G. Graffi – S. Scalise, Le lingue e il linguaggio. Introduzione
alla linguistica. Bologna: il Mulino, 2003. Capitolo 10: “La
trasformazione delle lingue: linguistica storica”, pp.
227-256.
3) R. Lazzeroni (ed.), Linguistica storica. Roma: Carocci, 2008.
Teaching methods
The course is essentially based on frontal teaching.
Assessment methods
The final exam is oral and, by means of simple application exercices, aims at verifying not only the knowledge of the topics dealt with in the textbooks and during the lessons, but also the real comprehension of the laws and mechanisms of language change.
Office hours
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