31301 - Dutch Linguistics and Language 3

Academic Year 2016/2017

Course contents

First year:

a) Introduction to the Dutch Studies. History of the Dutch language. Cultural history of the Low Countries.

Description of phonology and morphology of Dutch.

b) Linguistic activities (dott. Van der Heide) with the following themes: Identity (name, occupation, family), Space (house and home, nation, origin), Time (counting, chronology, narrative /Tense and time), Things and processes (eating and drinking, buying and selling, booking and ordering, presenting; taste, preference and habits). Phonology and Morphology: vowels, consonants and diphthongs; syllables, compounds. Grammar: the main clause, the verbal group, time and aspect, modality, nouns and adjectives. Pronouns, prepositions and adverbs.

Second year:

The translation of culture-specific elements; introduction to Dutch-Italian contrastive syntax.

Third year:

a) Introduction to the Translation Studies.

b) Introduction to writing and composition: summary, letter and essay

Translation, phonology and writing: De andere kant by Marga Minco; documentary De schaduw van de herinnering (Het uur van de wolf, 2010).

Readings/Bibliography

a) W. Daniëls, Talking Dutch, Ons Erfdeel vzw, 2005; R. Willemyns, Dutch. Biography of a Language, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013.

b) O. Boers, M. Heijne, CODE, Basisleergang Nederlands voor anderstaligen, 1, ThiemeMeulenhoff, Utrecht/Zutphen, 2004; J. van der Toorn-Schutte, Klare Taal!, Uitgebreide basisgrammatica NT2, Boom, Amsterdam, 2003; D. Ross, E. Koenraads, Grammatica neerlandese di base, Milano: Hoepli, 2007; H. van der Heide, Syllabus Taalverwerving.

M. Minco, De andere kant, Amsterdam, Bert Bakker, 1959;

De schaduw van de herinnering:

http://www.vpro.nl/speel.WO_VPRO_043846.html

Teaching methods

Students will participate actively with oral presentations.

Assessment methods

a) Oral presentation. Oral exam.
b) Written and spoken language test.

Teaching tools

The acquisition of linguistic skills may be supplemented with self access e-learning provided by  https//e-localcourses.eu

Office hours

See the website of Marco Prandoni