31358 - General Linguistics 2 (B)

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Docente: Antonietta Bisetto
  • Credits: 9
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0979)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student knows the most important theoretic models of linguistics. He knows the different levels into which language can be analysed: phonetic/phonologic, morphologic, syntactic and semantic. He can compare the different models, he knows how to collect and analyse data. He also knows typological problems  and the universals of language. He can build up a scientific argumentation and detect linguistically meaningful generalisations due to his knowledge of the epistemological bases of the discipline.

Course contents

The course aims at  offering students a deeper analysis of word formation in Italian and turning their attention on the organisation of the lexicon, with particular attention to semantics. Students will be introduced to the basics of linguistic pragmatics and of generative syntax.

Readings/Bibliography

Scalise S. and A. Bisetto: La struttura delle parole, Bologna, il Mulino, 2008

Jezek, E. Il lessico, Bologna Il Mulino, 2005

Andorno, C.: Che cos'è la pragmatica linguistica, Roma, Carocci, 3a ed. 2009

Bertuccelli- Papi M.: Che cos'è la pragmatica, Bompiani, Milano, 1993. Second edition 2000, The first chapter of the Parte Seconda, pp. 119-166.

Possible other readings will be indicated.

Teaching methods

direct lessons

Assessment methods

 

A two hours written exam consisting of 30 questions

Teaching tools

power point slides

Links to further information

http://Per i corsi in mutuazione (Glottologia III e Glottologia II) consultare gli avvisi nel mio Sito docente

Office hours

See the website of Antonietta Bisetto