LET019 - ITALIAN LINGUISTICS AND GRAMMAR

courses
ID:
LET019
Duration (hours):
42
CFU:
6
SSD:
LINGUISTICA ITALIANA
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
HUMANITIES/LETTERE CLASSICHE Year: 1
HUMANITIES/LINGUAGGI DELLA MUSICA, DELLO SPETTACOLO E DEI MEDIA Year: 3
HUMANITIES/STORIA Year: 2
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives

On successful completion of this course, it is expected that the student will know the methodological grounds of the Italian language and the main references for studying (and teaching) the Italian grammar and lexicon. She/he will also know the historical development of the Italian language, the rules that have been proposed during time, the present evolution of the language and the perspectives in the XXI century.

Course Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites.

Teaching Methods

Taught classes. Students are encouraged to participate actively, to ask clarifications when needed and to create discussions.

Assessment Methods

Oral exam with marks out of 30, aimed at verifying the ability to presents
the contents discussed in class in a clear and critical way. The grading
scale ranges from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21
sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours
(cum laude) excellent.

Texts


For 6 cfu: 1) Paolo D'Achille, L'italiano contemporaneo, Bologna, il Mulino, 2019 (topics for attending students: introductory chapter, phonetics, lexicon, syntax, derivative morphology). 2) Fabio Rossi-Fabio Ruggiano, Errori, orrori, regole e falsi miti dell'italiano contemporaneo, Firenze, Cesati, 2022. 3) Notes of the lessons and any other material distributed during the course. For 9 cfu: 1) Paolo D'Achille, L'italiano contemporaneo, Bologna, il Mulino, 2019 (topics for attending students: introductory chapter, phonetics, lexicon, syntax, derivative morphology). 2) Fabio Rossi-Fabio Ruggiano, Errori, orrori, regole e falsi miti dell'italiano contemporaneo, Firenze, Cesati, 2022 3) Simone Fornara, Breve storia della grammatica italiana, Roma, Carocci. 4) Notes of the lessons and any other material distributed during the course. Students who do not attend will study the entire volume by Paolo D'Achille, will replace the lecture notes with G. Patota, Lezioni di italiano, Bologna, il Mulino, and will add the study of Luca Serianni, Prima lezione di grammatica, Roma/Bari, Laterza.


Contents

What is grammar? The course offers reflections on Italian grammar. Starting from the etymology of the word, it deals with the main issues of contemporary grammar, its norms and usage, in the written and spoken language. A study of Paolo D'Achilles’s manual will enable students to sort out any doubts or gaps of a grammatical nature, to progress in their knowledge of Italian structures, both spoken and written, and to think about the language both in its synchronic and its historical-diachronic dimension. Through the analysis of the most common grammatical errors found in written texts, the course aims to sensitize students on the crisis points of our linguistic system; at the same time it aims to promote a thorough knowledge of Italian grammar and of the teaching tools for teaching this discipline.

Course Language


Italian language.

More information

For any information you can contact professor Ortolano at the email
address: pierluigi.ortolano@unich.it

Degrees

Degrees (2)

HUMANITIES 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
HUMANITIES 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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