HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

MM1006

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021

Year of supply:

2021/2022

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS

Disciplinary Sector:

HISTORICAL AND GENERAL LINGUISTICS

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FABRIZIO Claudia

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

108

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledges of Generale and Theoretical Linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, genealogical grouping of languages.

Objectives

This course aims to provide a multi-faceted knowledge of the interplay between typological phenomena and historical linguistics. Attendance in this course is highly recommended. At the end of the course, students will be able to discuss a wide range of typological phenomena and to put them in correlation with diachronic change, by means of a basic theoretical framework combined to the capability of hypothetic reasoning.

Contents

The cours aims to provide a multi-layered knowledge of typological phenomena, in correlation with diachronic linguistics (especially in the Indo-European field).

Extended Syllabus

Phonetic, Morphological and Syntactical Typology; Lexical and Sematic Typology; Typology and Historical Linguistics.

Recommended Bibliography

N. Grandi, "Fondamenti di tipologia linguistica", Roma, Carocci, 2003.

S. Cristofaro, P. Ramat (a cura di), "Introduzione alla tipologia linguistica", Roma, Carocci, 2002.

For English-speaker students: B. Comrie, "Language Universals and Linguistic Typology", University of Chicago Press, 1989.

Teaching Methods

Classroom-taught lessons, with frequent exercises.
Attendance in this course is highly recommended. Students who cannot attend the course are kindly asked to take an appointment with the lecturer. Class contents and exam requirements are the same for both attending students and non-attenders.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam.

Contacts/More Information

Attendance in this course is highly recommended. Students who cannot attend the course are kindly asked to take an appointment with the lecturer. Class contents and exam requirements are the same for both attending students and non-attenders.
Students may have an English tutorship.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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