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

LINGUISTICS (First semester - Prof. Ana Pano Alamán)

1. Syntax: object of study and trends.
2. Syntactic categories: types of words, locutions, and syntactic groups or syntagmas.
3. Types of syntagmas: nominal, adjectival, adverbial, verbal and prepositional. Structure, function and semantics.
4. Syntactic functions of syntagmas within the phrase.
5. Verbal periphrasis.
6. Values of 'se'.
7. Syntactic analysis: the simple phrase. Subject and Predicate. Position of the elements. Concordance subject-predicate, classes of words.
8. Syntactic analysis: the complex phrase. Coordinates and subordinates (substantive, adjectival, adverbial).
9.Values of 'que' and other polysemic particles.
10. Introduction to discourse.

PRACTICES OF SPANISH LANGUAGE (annual course - Dott. Delia Cócera and Héctor Rodríguez de la O)

PLEASE NOTE: Students are reminded that the Exercises course starts in the 1st semester (october) and is a one-year course; it is eminently practical; the exam is based on work carried out in class. For this reason, attendance is essential to pass the test satisfactorily.

FOR INFORMATION ON THE CONTENTS, TEXTS AND FINAL EXAM OF THE PRACTICES ON SPANISH LANGUAGE, PLEASE CONSULT THE FOLLOWING SITES:

EXERCISES OF SPANISH LANGUAGE 2 B Group G-O
Lecturer: Delia Cócera Martínez

EXERCISES OF SPANISH LANGUAGE 2 C Group P-Z
Lecturer: Héctor Rodríguez de la O

 

Readings/Bibliography

LINGUISTICS

Cascón Martín, E. (2008), Sintaxis. Teoría y práctica del análisis oracional. Edinumen.

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

• Oraciones interrogativas directas. Domnita Dumitrescu
• Estructura de la información. Luis López Carretero
• Marcadores del discurso. José Portolés
• Locuciones. Larissa Timofeeva Timofeev

Compulsory texts and ppt presentations will be available on Virtuale.

Teaching methods

LINGUISTICS

Gradual introduction to:

• the principal grammatical categories and their formal, functional and semantic aspects within syntagms
• the different types of syntagm and the mechanisms by which the grammatical categories are related
• larger structures, from the phrase to the paragraph. Simple and complex phrases and the form, function and sense of statements.
• the basic concepts related to the syntax or grammar of the text.

All the theoretical aspects explored will be supported by a series of examples and the syntactic analysis of different structures.

Assessment methods

LINGUISTICS

Oral exam in Spanish about the theoretical contents of the course, based upon the reading of compulsory bibliography.

IMPORTANT: The student shall succeed a previous written and oral exams (Esercitazioni della lingua) in order to access the oral exam of Linguistics.

 

SPANISH LANGUAGE EXERCISES

FOR INFORMATION ON THE CONTENTS, TEXTS AND FINAL EXAM OF THE PRACTICES ON SPANISH LANGUAGE, PLEASE CONSULT THE FOLLOWING SITES:

EXERCISES OF SPANISH LANGUAGE 2 B Group G-O
Lecturer: Delia Cócera Martínez

EXERCISES OF SPANISH LANGUAGE 2 C Group P-Z
Lecturer: Héctor Rodríguez de la O

 

Teaching tools

Grammars

González Hermoso, A. Et al. (2002). Gramática de español lengua extranjera, Madrid, Edelsa.
Carrera Díaz, M. (2000). Grammatica spagnola, Bari, Laterza.
Gómez Torrego, L. (2002). Gramática didáctica del español, Madrid, SM.

Monolingual dictionnaries

Real Academia Española (2001). Diccionario de la lengua española, Madrid, Espasa Calpe. (2 vols.)
(2006). Clave. Diccionario de uso del español actual, Madrid, SM.
Moliner, Mª (1999). Diccionario de uso del español, Madrid, Gredos.

Seco, M. (1998). Diccionario de dudas y dificultades de la lengua española, Madrid, Espasa.
Real Academia Española e Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (2005). Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, Madrid, Santillana.

Bilingual dictionnaries

Tam, L. (2003). Dizionario spagnolo-italiano e italiano-spagnolo, Milano, Hoepli.
Calvo, C. e Giordano, A. (1995). Diccionario italiano-español/español-italiano, Barcelona, Herder.

Online resources:

Context.reverso: http://context.reverso.net/traduccion/italiano-espanol/
RAE: http://www.rae.es/
Panhispánico de dudas: http://www.rae.es/recursos/diccionarios/dpd
Fundéu BBVA (asesorada por la RAE): http://www.fundeu.es/

Office hours

See the website of Ana Pano Alaman