31307 - Spanish Linguistics and Language 3 (M-Z)

Academic Year 2026/2027

  • Docente: Lisa Gozzi
  • Credits: 9
  • SSD: SPAN-01/C
  • Language: Spanish

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

1) Frontal lectures (Prof. Gozzi):

MODULE 1:

Introduction to linguistic pragmatics, with special reference to:

- Linguistic acts

- Politeness

- Nonverbal communication.

MODULE 2: Introduction to linguistic analysis of specialized languages:

- The language of advertising

- The language of the media

- The language of science

- The language of tourism

- Legal language, etc.

2) Spanish Language Exercises (Annual Course - Group M-Z)

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

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Erasmus+ (incoming) students

Erasmus 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 both with the Exercises lecturer and the Linguistics lecturer (Prof. Lisa Gozzi) 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

Frontal lectures - Prof.ssa Lisa Gozzi:

PowerPoint files used during the classes are parte of the exam programme.

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) Compulsory readings:

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.- (Available at the Department library)

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) Grammar support (not compulsory)

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

Spanish Language Exercises (Annual Course - Group M-Z): please check the corresping programme

Teaching methods

Gradual exposition of the program topics will be accompanied digital material (PPT), numerous examples from written, oral and multimodal texts that will be analyzed in class, and research and analysis activities on contemporary Spanish.

Assessment methods

The exam consists in an oral test in Spanish on the theoretical content of the syllabus (study of the texts indicated in the bibliography and during the course, of the teaching material made available in electronic format and of the slides of the lectures).

PLEASE NOTE: Only the students who have passed (min. 18/30) both the written and the oral exames of the Spanish Language Exercises will be able to access the Spanish Linguistics 3 exam.

Spanish Language Exercises (Annual Course - Group M-Z): please check the corresping programme

Teaching tools

Grammar:

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

Dictionaries

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 Dudashttp://www.rae.es/recursos/diccionarios/dpd

More online resources

Fundéu BBVA: http://www.fundeu.es/

Office hours

See the website of Lisa Gozzi