SEMITIC PHILOLOGY I

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

L00604

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017

Year of supply:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

Disciplinary Sector:

Semitistics - Languages and Literature of Ethiopia

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

MION GIULIANO

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

152

Prerequisites:

It is highly recommended to have already passed successfully at least one academic year of Arabic.

Objectives

Students will be provided wit a general introduction to the Semitic languages. They will be invited to focus mainly on the concepts regarding linguistics, history and culture related to the Arabic language from its origins until nowadays.

Contents

General introduction to Semitic linguistics; geographical placement of the Semitic languages; chronology; grammatical features.

Extended Syllabus

The Semitic languages in a diachronic perspective; an analysis of the genetic kinship of Arabic with the other Semitic languages.
The Semitic languages and the Chamito-Semitic languages.

Subjects will be distributed as follows:
1. Classification and history of the Semitic languages.
2. The Semitic languages between the IIIrd and the Ist millennium B.C.
3. The Semitic languages after the Ist millennium B.C.
4. Phonological and morphological features: phonetics, radicals, noun typology, gender, number, declension, conjugation.
5. The writing systems.
6. Chamito-Semitic.

Recommended Bibliography

GARBINI G., DURAND O., Introduzione alle lingue semitiche, Brescia, Paideia, 1994 (all the book, but not the chapter 2).
MION G., La lingua araba, Roma, Carocci, 2007 (only chapters 4, 5, 6).

For the pre-Islamic history, the book suggested is:
CONTU G., L'Arabia preislamica, Sassari, 2012 (pdf is free on the web).

Teaching Methods

Frontal classes.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam in which student will be invited to prove her/his knowledge about the general setting of Arabic in the Semitic languistic and cultural context.

Contacts/More Information

Students who cannot attend the classes are invited to contact the teacher before the exam.

Mutuations

SEMITIC PHILOLOGY

Course degree in: MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

Training in:

Other courses

Course year: 1

GENERAL LINGUISTICS I
6 Credits - Basic
ITALIAN LITERATURE I
6 Credits - Basic
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
6 Credits - Basic
ARABIC LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
ARABIC LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising

Course year: 2

LANGUAGE TEACHING I
6 Credits - Basic
ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
ARABIC LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
ARABIC LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE PHILOLOGY I
8 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
GERMANIC PHILOLOGY I
8 Credits - Characterising
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
ROMANCE PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS I
8 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
SEMITIC PHILOLOGY I
8 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
SLAVIC PHILOLOGY I
8 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
HISTORY OF HISTORIOGRAPHY
12 Credits - Related/Supplementary
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MEDITERRANEAN HISTORY
12 Credits - Related/Supplementary

Course year: 3

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE I
6 Credits - Basic
ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE I
6 Credits - Characterising
ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE II
6 Credits - Characterising
ARABIC LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
ARABIC LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
FILM STUDIES
8 Credits - Related/Supplementary
ARABIC LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
ARABIC LITERATURE I
6 Credits - Elective Course
CHINESE LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
CHINESE LITERATURE I
6 Credits - Elective Course
CHINESE PHILOLOGY
6 Credits - Elective Course
DIDACTICS OF ITALIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
6 Credits - Elective Course
ENGLISH LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
FRENCH LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
GERMAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
GERMANIC PHILOLOGY I
6 Credits - Elective Course
HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS I
6 Credits - Elective Course
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE I
6 Credits - Elective Course
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LITERATURE I
6 Credits - Elective Course
ROMANCE PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS I
6 Credits - Elective Course
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
SEMITIC PHILOLOGY
6 Credits - Elective Course
SERBO-CROATIAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
SPANISH LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
TECHNOLOGY IN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND TRANSLATOR TRAINING
6 Credits - Elective Course
FINAL DISSERTATION
6 Credits - Language/Final Examination
COMPUTER SCIENCE
6 Credits
STAGE AND INTERNSHIPS
4 Credits - For stages and internships

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