L00934D - ADVANCED GLOTTOLOGY

courses

ID:

L00934D

Duration (hours):

54

CFU:

SSD:

GLOTTOLOGIA E LINGUISTICA

Located in:

PESCARA

Url:

Course Details:

MODERN LANGUAGES FOR MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 15/01/2026)

Course Objectives

Knowledge of the main theoretical trends and of the mechanisms of language change; ability to apply the methodological tools learnt to the analysis of study cases taken from the main European languages.

Course Prerequisites

Having taken a General Linguistics and/or a Historical Linguistics exam during the three-year degree course is required. If necessary, a module to make up for basic notions of Historical Linguistics can be organized.

Teaching Methods

Taught classes together with practice drills and seminars aimed not only at theoretical in-depth analysis of the issues dealt with in class, but also at debate and comment on change phenomena taken from those languages that students are familiar with.

Given the technical quality of the topics, attendance is strongly recommended.

Assessment Methods

Final oral test. Drafting of a short written essay on the issues dealt with during the course, which will be evaluated as a mid-term test to be presented at the final exam.

Texts

Module A (6 CFU)- Romano Lazzeroni, Il mutamento linguistico, in Romano Lazzeroni (a cura di), Linguistica storica, Roma, La Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1987, pp.13-54, (ora anche in edizione economica nella Collana Aulamagna, Roma, Carocci, 2017).- W.P. Lehmann, Manuale di linguistica storica, Bologna, il Mulino, 1998, capitoli 10-15.Module B (2 CFU)-U. Weinreich/W. Labov/M. I. Herzog, Fondamenti empirici per una teoria del cambiamento linguistico, in Lehmann W.P. e Malkiel Y. (a cura di), Nuove tendenze della linguistica storica, Bologna, il Mulino, 1977, pp. 101-202.Further teaching material provided by the teacher will be available online, together with the slides used during the lessons.Reference texts for students who cannot attend on a regular basis:- Marco Mancini (ed.), Il cambiamento linguistico, Roma, Carocci, 2003.- Romano Lazzeroni, Il mutamento linguistico, in Romano Lazzeroni (ed.), Linguistica storica, Roma, La Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1987, 13-54, (now available also in the cheaper Collana Aulamagna, Roma, Carocci, 2017).-U. Weinreich/W. Labov/M. I. Herzog, Fondamenti empirici per una teoria del cambiamento linguistico, in Lehmann W.P. e Malkiel Y. (eds.), Nuove tendenze della linguistica storica, Bologna, il Mulino, 1977, 101-202.- W.P. Lehmann, Manuale di linguistica storica, Bologna, il Mulino, 1998, chapters 10-15.

Principles and dynamics of language change; patterns of analysis of language change; description of the main phenomena of language change with reference to the different structural levels (phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics); analysis of language change phenomena within the Indo-European field and, in particular, of those phenomena concerning Romance and Germanic languages.

Course Language

Italian

More information

For any clarification related to the topics dealt with in class or to reference bibliography, please address the teacher during her reception time or contact her via mail.