13018 - Applied Linguistics (1)

Learning outcomes

The course will provide the knowledge related to the basic processes and methodologies on corpus building and on automatic text processing.

Course contents

*** 6 CFU ***

• Applied linguistics. History, methods and definitions
• Pragmatics
• Clinical linguistics
• Textlinguistik and Stylistics
• Acquisitional and educational linguistics

*** 12 CFU ***

Add the following contents to those of 6CFU:

- TEXTUAL DATA AND THEIR DIGITAL REPRESENTATION

• Electronic texts, coding, mark-up format and conversion methods.

• Labeling and tagging.

- CORPORA

• What is a corpus, how to use it and the kind of information it provides.
• Parameters for corpus design. Representativeness.
• Syntagmatic and paradigmatic analysis.
• Concordances, collocations and lexical association indexes.
• Annotations
• FICLIT corpora (CORIS/CODIS, BoLC, DiaCORIS, KIParla, UniverS-ITA)

Readings/Bibliography

*** 6 CFU ***

1) Rossini Favretti Rema, Un'introduzione alla linguistica applicata, 2. Ed, Bologna, Patron, 2009.

2) Davies Alain and Elder Catherine, The handbook of applied linguistics, Malden (MA), Blackwell,
2004, cpp. 3, 9,13,19,20,23
- 3 Second Language Acquisition and Ultimate Attainment (David Birdsong)
- 9 Language, Thought, and Culture (Claire Kramsch)
- 13 Stylistics (John McRae and Urszula Clar)
- 19 Research Methods for Applied Linguistics: Scope, Characteristics, and Standards (James
Dean Brown)
- 20 Second Language Learning (William Littlewood)
- 23 Literacy Studies (Eddie Williams) [https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/3171374/mod_resource/content/1/Handbook%20of%20Applied %20Linguistics-2004-gPG.pdf]
3) Cummings Louise, “Il contributo della linguistica clinica”, in I bisogni linguistici specifici. Inquadramento teorico, intervento clinico e didattica delle lingue, a c. di Michele Daloiso, Trento, Erickson, 2016, pp. 85-116 [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312083452_Il_contributo_della_linguistica_clinica?fbclid=IwAR 3DcNBS0iCWOhgeKg8L2C4__YVPAM0QwhoON302uts2emRMmgZvjNzhN5c] .

*** 12 CFU ***

Add the following readings to those of 6CFU:

1) Lenci, A., Montemagni, S. and Pirrelli, V. (2005). Testo e computer, Carocci.
2) Ballarè, S., Goria, E., Mauri, C. (2022), Italiano parlato e variazione linguistica. Teoria e prassi nella costruzione del corpus KIParla, Pàtron.

Slides and papers downloadable from the course page

Students NOT ATTENDING the lessons

*** 6 CFU ***

Add the following books and chapters to the readings for students attending the lessons:

1) Martari Yahis, L’acquisizione dell’italiano da parte di sinofoni. Un contributo alla linguistica educativa, Bologna, Pàtron, 2017.
2) Davies Alain and Elder Catherine, The handbook of applied linguistics, Malden (MA), Blackwell, 2004, cpp. 5,10,21
- 5 Discourse Analysis (Hugh Trappes-Lomax)
- 10 Conversation Analysis (Rod Gardner)
- 21 Individual Differences in Second Language Learning (Rod Ellis)

*** 12 CFU ***

Add the following book to the readings for students attending the lessons:

Nissim M., Pannitto L. (2022). Che cos'è la linguistica computazionale, Carocci.

Teaching methods

Face-to-face classes for 60 hours (12CFU) or 30 hours (6CFU). The course is divided into two parts though by different teachers.

Assessment methods

The exam consists of an oral colloquium on the course contents designed to evaluate the critical skills and methodological knowledge gained by the student.

Reaching a clear view of all the course topics as well as using a correct language terminology will be valued with maximum rankings.
Mnemonic knowledge of the course topics or not completely appropriate terminology will be valued with intermediate rankings.
Unknown topics or inappropriate terminology use will be valued, depending on the seriousness of the omissions, with minimal or insufficient rankings.

Teaching tools

The course web site is the central point for any kind of information about the course. It contains the handouts and the readings discussed during the lessons as well as a rich software repository useful for laboratory practice.

Office hours

See the website of Yahis Martari