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Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

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Laurea in Lettere - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The 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.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 modules to be chosen among the following

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
B
L-FIL-LET/10
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
Final exam
6
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 modules to be chosen among the following
activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
B
L-FIL-LET/10
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Further activities
3
F
-

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Teaching code

4S02168

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/12 - ITALIAN LINGUISTICS

Period

1 A, 1 B

Learning objectives

LEARNING OUTCOMES: The course has three learning outcomes: 1) to provide a basic knowledge of the historical grammar of the Italian language; 2) to provide a basic knowledge of the history of the Italian language, from its origins to modernity; 3) to guide students in the morphosyntactic analysis of some significant texts in a diachronic perspective. KNOWLEDGE: elements of phonetics, morphology and historical grammar; birth and development of the Italian language from its origins to the contemporary. SKILLS: Recognize the traits of continuity and discontinuity between the Latin and Italian languages; Interpreting texts in Italian language in a diachronic perspective.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Knowledge of the Italian language and its grammatical structures.

Program

1) Historical grammar of Italian language
a. from Latin to vulgar: elements of phonetics
b. elements of nominal and verbal morphology
2) History of Italian language, from the oldest vernacular documents to the contemporary Italian language, with particular regard to the most significant historical moments:
a. the birth of the literary language in the Fourteenth Century
b. the codification of the literary language in the Sixteenth Century
c. the first Vocabulary of the Italian language (Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca, 1612)
d. the linguistic debate in the Eighteenth Century
e. the linguistic debate in the Nineteenth Century and the national union
f. the making of the national language

Bibliography

Visualizza la bibliografia con Leganto, strumento che il Sistema Bibliotecario mette a disposizione per recuperare i testi in programma d'esame in modo semplice e innovativo.

Didactic methods

Frontal lesson in presence. Students in isolation for Covid-19 are invited to agree with the teacher how to recover the lessons in which they were temporarily unable to attend.

Learning assessment procedures

The exam is oral and is intended to ascertain knowledge of the topics covered during the course and the ability to interpret the language of the texts in a diachronic perspective. For non-attending students there is an additional program: it is advisable to contact the Professor.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

Each student will be asked at least two questions, one on historical grammar and one on the history of the Italian language: the mark (out of thirty) will be attributed taking into account the knowledge acquired, the ability to range in relevant ways in other disciplines, the ability to establish links between the different moments in the history of the Italian language.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Not relevant.

Exam language

Italiano