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Study Plan
This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:
Laurea in Lettere - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
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2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
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Latin literature (i)
One course to be chosen among the following
2 course to be chosen among the following
2 course to be chosen among the following
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
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One course to be chosen among the following
3 course to be chosen among the following
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One course to be chosen among the following
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Latin literature (i)
One course to be chosen among the following
2 course to be chosen among the following
2 course to be chosen among the following
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One course to be chosen among the following
3 course to be chosen among the following
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
General Linguistics (p) (2017/2018)
Teaching code
4S01263
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/01 - HISTORICAL AND GENERAL LINGUISTICS
Period
First half of Semester 1 dal Sep 25, 2017 al Nov 11, 2017.
Learning outcomes
The course aims at providing the students of the BA in "Lettere" with a deeper understanding of the structure of the human language, emphasizing the topics of phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax. In particular, the following two objectives must be reached:
1. knowledge of the history of general linguistics from Saussure to Chomsky;
2. understanding of the structural levels of human Language, from phonology to syntax, and contextualization of them into the development of the discipline as outlined in point 1.
Program
The course will be dedicated to the study of the structure of human language, emphasizing the topics of phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax. The compulsory didactic materials for the students who attend the lessons are:
1) Selected chapters from one of the following books:
- GIORGIO GRAFFI, SERGIO SCALISE, Le lingue e il linguaggio Introduzione alla linguistica (third edition), Il Mulino, 2013. Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 e 7
- GIOVANNI GOBBER, MORENO MORANI, Linguistica Generale (second edition), McGraw Hill, 2014. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 e 6
2) Handouts of the lessons, also available on the e-learning platform.
Students who do not attend the lessons will need to ask the teacher for additional materials.
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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Graffi, Giorgio; Scalise, Sergio | Le lingue e il linguaggio. Introduzione alla linguistica (Edizione 3) | Il Mulino, Bologna | 2013 | 9788815241795 | |
Giovanni Gobber e Moreno Morani | Linguistica generale (Edizione 2) | McGraw Hill | 2014 | 9788838668548 |
Examination Methods
Oral exam. The student will need to demonstrated, by using an appropriate metalanguage, to master the notions outlined as objectives, by commenting texts discussed during the classes, or, in case of students who did not attend the frontal lessons, by discussing the textbooks that will be indicated to replace the frontal lessons.
RATING
The evaluation is expressed in thirtieths, based on the knowledge, the effectiveness and readiness of the answers, the language property.
For Erasmus students, the teacher is available to clarify the how to prepare the exam.