31182 - Spanish Language and Linguistics 2 (M-Z)

Learning outcomes

The students are expected to possess an excellent knowledge of the metalanguage, as well as the mechanisms, of the descriptive-analytical model of Spanish. Moreover, they should be competent in all four communicative skills at the B2 level of the Common European Framework.

Course contents

SPANISH LINGUISTICS (First semester - Professor Ana Pano Alamán), this course is associated with the Spanish Language and Linguistics 2 exercises (esercitazioni) B and C*

The program focuses on various concepts, categories, and phenomena of syntax and semantics in Spanish. The course will cover the following topics:

1. Approaches to the study of grammar: a brief historical overview;
2. Syntactic categories: word classes, phrases, and syntactic groups (forms, functions, and meanings);
3. The verb and verbal periphrasis;
4. The "se": a multifunctional pronoun;
5. The simple and the complex sentence: types and connections;
6. The syntax of discourse;
7. Conceptual and associative meanings;
8. Semantic relations;
9. Literal and figurative meanings;
10. Idiomatic expressions in Spanish.

*Spanish Language Exercises (Annual Course – group G-O Dott.ssa Delia Cócera; group P-Z Dott. Héctor Rodríguez de la O)

Students are reminded that the Spanish Language Exercises course begins in the first semester and is annual; is is highly practical. For detailed information on the Exercises program, please see the following pages:

• ESERCITAZIONI DI LINGUA SPAGNOLA 2 B Group G-O Instructor: Delia Cócera Martínez
• ESERCITAZIONI DI LINGUA SPAGNOLA 2 C - Gruppo P-Z Instructor: Héctor Rodríguez de la O

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Erasmus+ Students (Incoming)

Erasmus students from Spanish universities (Spanish Philology, Romance Philology, and Education) will only be admitted to this course if their Learning Agreement includes the study of SYNTAX or SEMANTICS in Spanish.

ERASMUS students should contact the Practical Course instructors (Delia Cócera group L-O and Héctor Rodríguez de la O group P-Z) and the Linguistics professor (Prof. Ana Pano Alamán) within the first two weeks of the course to determine whether they can attend the course and to obtain guidance on the required language level, syllabus, and exam procedures for both parts.

Students who have not contacted the instructors at least three months before the exam will not be admitted both to the Practical Course (Esercitazioni) and the Linguistics exams.

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Students with learning disabilities (LD) or temporary or permanent disabilities

We recommend contacting the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/it) and the instructors (Delia Cócera group L-O, Héctor Rodríguez de la O group P-Z of Esercitazioni, Prof. Ana Pano Alamán) immediately to discuss the most effective strategies for following the lectures and/or preparing for the exam.

Any requests for accommodations must be made within 15 days of the exam date by sending an email to the instructor and cc'ing the email address disabilita@unibo.it (for students with learning disabilities) or dsa@unibo.it (for students with learning disabilities).

 

Readings/Bibliography

LINGUISTICS - Lectures on linguistics (Prof. Ana Pano Alamán)

Compulsory texts:

A selection of chapters extracted from: Cascón Martín, E. (2008), Sintaxis. Teoría y práctica del análisis oracional. Edinumen.

Chapter on 'Semántica' extracted from:Muñoz-Basols, J., N. Moreno, I. Taboada y M. Lacorte (eds.) (2017), Introducción a la lingüística hispánica actual, Routledge: Semántica.

One chapter chosen from:

Gutiérrez-Rexach, J. (2016). Enciclopedia de Lingüística Hispánica. Routledge:

• Oraciones interrogativas directas. Domnita Dumitrescu
• Oraciones interrogativas indirectas y otras estructuras. Domnita Dumitrescu
• Polaridad: afirmación y negación. Raquel González Rodríguez
• Marcadores del discurso. José Portolés
• Locuciones. Larissa Timofeeva Timofeev

The dossier texts will be made available in PDF format on the Virtual Platform - SPANISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS 2 (A-L), along with the course presentations (ppt files) and other materials provided during the lessons.

 

Teaching methods

LINGUISTICS - Lectures (Prof. Ana Pano Alamán)

Gradual introduction to:

• the main grammatical categories in relation to their form, function, and meaning in basic syntactic structures (phrases);
• more complex structures, from sentences to paragraphs. We explore how phrases combine to form simple and compound sentences. We examine their form and their functional and semantic value in different types of sentences;
• the main topics related to discourse syntax in Spanish linguistics.
• the concepts of meaning, denotation, and connotation;
• the relationships between words from a semantic point of view;
• the literal and figurative meaning (metaphors, metonymies, idiomatic expressions).
  
  

The gradual exposure to these topics will be accompanied by summaries of the required texts, examples from written, oral, and multimodal texts that will be analyzed in class, and research and analysis activities on contemporary Spanish corpora.

The required texts listed in the bibliography will be explained in class; the contents of the elective chapter will be briefly described during class, but students are expected to study them autonomously.

Assessment methods

LINGUISTICS - Lectures on Linguistics (Prof. Ana Pano Alamán)

The assessment of acquired knowledge includes an oral exam in Spanish on the theoretical content of the program. The content is based on the compulsory texts in the Bibliography:

• A selection of chapters extracted from: Cascón Martín, E. (2008), Sintaxis. Teoría y práctica del análisis oracional. Edinumen.
  
  
• Chapter on 'Semántica' extracted from:Muñoz-Basols, J., N. Moreno, I. Taboada y M. Lacorte (eds.) (2017), Introducción a la lingüística hispánica actual, Routledge: Semántica.

And one of the following texts chosen by the student:

• Oraciones interrogativas directas. Domnita Dumitrescu
• Oraciones interrogativas indirectas y otras estructuras. Domnita Dumitrescu
• Polaridad: afirmación y negación. Raquel González Rodríguez
• Marcadores del discurso. José Portolés
• Locuciones. Larissa Timofeeva Timofeev

included in Gutiérrez-Rexach, J. (2016). Enciclopedia de Lingüística Hispánica. Routledge.

PLEASE NOTE: Passing the Language Exercises (Esercitazioni di Lingua e Linguistica spagnola 2) is a prerequisite for accessing the Linguistics oral exam. For detailed information on the Exercises program, please consult the following pages:

• ESERCITAZIONI DI LINGUA SPAGNOLA 2 B Gruppo G-O Docente: Dott.ssa Delia Cócera Martínez
• ESERCITAZIONI DI LINGUA SPAGNOLA 2 C - Gruppo P-Z Docente: Dott. Héctor Rodríguez de la O

 

Teaching tools

Grammars

RAE y ASALE: «Glosario de términos gramaticales», [versión 1.0 en línea]: https://www.rae.es/gtg/

Carrera Díaz, M. (2000). Grammatica spagnola, Bari, Laterza.

Monolingual dictionaris

Real Academia Española y Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española:

• Diccionario de la lengua española, disponibile online: https://dle.rae.es/
• Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas http://www.rae.es/recursos/diccionarios/dpd

Other resources

Fundéu BBVA: http://www.fundeu.es/
Portal de Lingüística hispánica: http://hispaniclinguistics.com/libro/

Office hours

See the website of Ana Pano Alaman