30663 - Italian Linguistics (LM)

Learning outcomes

Students are familiar with the key concepts, terminology, and tools of Italian linguistics, including those relevant to the teaching of Italian as a second language, and are able to use them to analyse different types of texts.

Course contents

• The features of contemporary Italian: Vocabulary, Phonetics and Phonology, Inflectional and Lexical Morphology, Syntax and Textuality, Onomastics.
• The spoken and written varieties of contemporary Italian.

Readings/Bibliography

1. Paolo D'Achille, L'italiano contemporaneo, Bologna, il Mulino, 2019 (or later reprints). ISBN 9788815392817
2. Slides available on Virtuale.

Students not attending classes may replace the course slides with La lingua italiana e i mass media, edited by Ilaria Bonomi and Silvia Morgana, Rome, Carocci, 2016 (or later reprints). ISBN 9788843079360

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures.

Assessment methods

Oral examination. If many students show up the examination might go on during the following day or days.

Assessment criteria:

• knowledge of the terms and concepts of the subject
• ability to produce relevant examples
• ability to analyze texts based on the knowledge acquired
• argumentative skills
• clarity

Artificial Intelligence can be useful for individual study. As for learning assessment, during oral exams, students are obviously expected to answer questions on their own.

Teaching tools

Students with SLDs or temporary or permanent disabilities

We suggest that you contact the relevant university office and your lecturer in good time to find together the most effective way of attending classes and preparing for exams.

Any request for special arrangements must be made at least 15 days before the date of the exam, by sending an email to the lecturer and copying (Cc) the email address disabilita@unibo.it (for disabled students) or dsa@unibo.it (for students with Specific Learning Difficulties).

Office hours

See the website of Michele Colombo