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Study Plan
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Laurea in Lingue e letterature straniere - 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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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen among the following
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen among the following
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
1 module among the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen among the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen among the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
1 module among the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Introduction to English linguistics (2019/2020)
Teaching code
4S002965
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH
Period
II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 17, 2020 al May 30, 2020.
Learning outcomes
This course is aimed at providing an introduction to English linguistics through the study of the distinct phases of the history of the language, from its birth through to the present time. This insight into the history of English will allow students to consolidate their knowledge of the language thanks to an increased awareness of its origins, and of how it has developed and changed over the centuries. Adopting a sociolinguistic perspective, due consideration will be given to the role of historic and socio-cultural factors in the development and transformation of English, with a focus on the present time, and on the socio-cultural factors that have contributed to making English the global lingua franca.
Program
Syllabus
1. Historical and cultural setting of the development of the English language
2. Sociocultural processes and the history of English
3. Democratization
4. Changing attitudes and political correctness
5. Social roles and identities changes in politeness cultures
6. Cultural change reflected in the translations of the new testament
7. Prescriptivism and standardization
8. Forms of early mass communication: The religious domain
9. From manuscript to printing: transformation of genres in the history of English
10. The competing demands of popularization versus economy
11. The impact of electronically mediated communication on language standards
12. English as a global commodity
13. The role of contact in the history of English (Ethnic dialect in North American English)
14. Typology and Typological change in English: Analycity and Syntheticy in the History of English
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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Baugh, Albert C, Cable, Thomas | A history of the English language (Edizione 6) | Routledge | 2013 | ||
Nevalainen, Terttu ;Traugott, Elizabeth Closs | The Oxford handbook of the history or English | Oxford University press | 2012 | Part 2, part 3 |
Examination Methods
The exam is an oral interview in English on the topics of the syllabus