31307 - Spanish Linguistics and Language 3 (A-L)

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the student possesses a thorough knowledge of metalanguage and various aspects of a descriptive-analytic model of the Spanish language and is competent in all communicative skills at the C1 level of the parameters set by the Council of Europe.

Course contents

Frontal lectures (Prof. Peñín):

MODULE 1:

Introduce the student to linguistic pragmatics, with special reference to:

- Linguistic acts

- Politeness

- Nonverbal communication.

MODULE 2: To initiate the linguistic analysis of specialized languages:

- The language of advertising

- The language of the media

- The language of science

- The language of tourism

- The language of tourism, etc.

*Spanish Language Exercises (Annual Course - Group A-L Dr. Pilar Asarta)

Students are reminded that the Exercises course begins in Semester I and is annual; it is eminently practical

For detailed information on the Exercises program, please see the pages:

https://www.unibo.it/it/studiare/insegnamenti-competenze-trasversali-moocs/insegnamenti/insegnamento/2025/465747

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Erasmus+ (incoming) students

Erasmus male and female students from Spanish universities (carreras: Filología española, Filología románica, Magisterio) will only be admitted to this course if their Learning Agreement includes the study of PRAGMATICS or SPECIALITY LANGUAGES in Spanish.

ERASMUS male and female students should get in touch with the Exercises lecturer (Dr. Pilar Asarta) and the Linguistics lecturer (Prof. Natalia Peñín) in the first two weeks after the start of the course to find out if they can attend the course and to orient themselves on the required language level, syllabuses and exam arrangements of both parties.
Students who have not written to the lecturers at least three months before the exam will not be admitted to the Exercise and Linguistics exams.

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Students/s with temporary or permanent DSA or disabilities:
It is suggested to get in touch immediately with the responsible Athenaeum office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/it) and the lecturers (Dr. Pilar Asarta, Prof. Natalia Peñín), in order to seek together the most effective strategies in taking classes and/or preparing for the exam.

Any requests for adjustments must be made within 15 days of the exam date by sending an email to the lecturer(s) and including in cc the email address disabilita@unibo.it (in case of disabling conditions) or dsa@unibo.it (for students with DSA).

 

Readings/Bibliography

PROF.SSA Natalia Peñín: Compulsory readings

The texts of the dossier will be made available in pdf format in the Virtual Platform - SPANISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS 3, along with the presentations (ppt) of the course and other materials provided during the lectures or will be available in the library (Lilec)


A) Required texts:

1. - (Dossier lecturas Virtuale)

Lourdes M. (2004) “Lengua y Cultura desde una perspectiva pragmática: algunos ejemplos aplicados al español”, redELE: Revista Electrónica de Didáctica ELE (*disponible en IOL)

2. – (Dossier lecturas Virtuale)

Escandell Vidal, M. V. (2014). “La Teoría de la Relevancia y sus implicaciones para la enseñanza de lenguas extraneras”, En J. Falk, J. Gille, & F. Wachtmeister Bermúdez (Eds.), Discurso, interacción e identidad. Homenaje a Lars Fant (pp. 231-254). Stockholm University.

3. – (Dossier lecturas Virtuale) Graciela Reyes, “Lo dicho y lo implicado”, En El abecé de la pragmática, Madrid: ArcoLibros, pp.38-49

4. - (Dossier lecturas Virtuale)

Yin Xin (2016), “La Teoría de los actos del habla”, En Las teorías de los actos del habla, TFM, pp. 5-33

5.- (Dossier lecturas Virtuale)

Calvi, María Victoria (2016), “Léxico de especialidad y lengua del turismo” En Aura Luz Duffé Montalván (ed.) Estudios sobre el léxico, Peter Lang, pp. 188-214

6.- (Dossier lecturas Virtuale)

Heraclia Castellón Alcalá (2009), “Hacia la claridad en los textos administrativos”, Revista de Llengua i Dret, núm. 52, pp. 85-115

7.- (In biblioteca)

Calvi, María Victoria, Cristina Bordonaba Zabalza, Giovanna Mapelli, Javier Santos López, Las lenguas de especialidad en español, Roma, Carocci, (úl. ed.), pp. 15-23; 75-99; 101-120

B) Manuale di consultazione

Contrastiva : grammatica della lingua spagnola / J. C. Barbero, F. Bermejo, F. San Vicente. - 3. ed. riveduta e corretta, Bologna : Clueb, 2018

Teaching methods

Gradual exposition of the program topics will be accompanied by summary diagrams of the compulsory texts, numerous examples from written, oral and multimodal texts that will be analyzed in class, and research and analysis activities on contemporary Spanish.

The compulsory texts listed in the Bibliography will be explained in class.

Assessment methods

LINGUISTICS - Linguistic face-to-face lectures (Prof. Natalia Peñín Fernández).

Verification of acquird knowledge involves an oral test in Spanish on the theoretical content of the program. The content is based on texts from the Bibliography. Evaluation based on: expressive ability, completeness and correctness of content, argumentative coherence, dialogical ability.

PLEASE NOTE: Passing the Language Exercises tests is a prerequisite for admission to the Linguistics oral test. For detailed information on the syllabus of the Exercises, please refer to the pages:

https://www.unibo.it/it/studiare/insegnamenti-competenze-trasversali-moocs/insegnamenti/insegnamento/2025/465747

Teaching tools

Grammatiche

Contrastiva : grammatica della lingua spagnola / J. C. Barbero, F. Bermejo, F. San Vicente. - 3. ed. riveduta e corretta, Bologna : Clueb, 2018.

Dizionario monolingue

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

Diccionario de la lengua española, disponibile online: https://dle.rae.es/

Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudashttp://www.rae.es/recursos/diccionarios/dpd

Other online resources

Fundéu BBVA: http://www.fundeu.es/

Office hours

See the website of Natalia Penin Fernandez