Training and Research

PhD Programme Courses/classes

Winter School Literatures 2024

Credits: 9

Language: Italiano

Teacher:  Elisa Destro, Gabriella Pelloni, Massimo Salgaro, Susanna Zinato, Luca Salvi, Davide Di Maio, Chiara Battisti, Annalisa Pes, Cinzia De Lotto, Kay Wolfinger, Antonella Gallo, Maurizio Busca, Francesca Dainese, Vera Gajiu, Giovanni Ricci, Stefano Aloe, Andrea Zinato, Anna Bognolo, Anna Giust, Sidia Fiorato, Rosanna Gorris, Manuel Boschiero, Laura Maria Colombo, Lisanna Calvi

2° Modulo - Winter School Languages 2024

Credits: 8.5

Language: English

Teacher:  Silvia Cavalieri, Sara Corrizzato, Bianca Basciano, Maria Ivana Lorenzetti, Piero Renato Costa León, Maria Francesca Bonadonna, Roberta Facchinetti, Luisa M. Paternicò, Valeria Franceschi

3° Modulo - Seminari Primavera 2024

Language: Italiano, English, Français, Español

Teacher:  Angela Locatelli (Bergamo), Laura Alicino (Ca’ Foscari e NC Chapel Hill), Korinna Csetényi (Szeged), Emilio Blanco (Madrid, Complutense), Georgina Olivetto (Buenos Aires, Salamanca e IEMYRhd), Manuel Boschiero (Verona), José Manuel Fradejas (Valladolid), Levan Tsagareli (Ilia State, Georgia), Mercedes Fernández Valladares (Madrid, Complutense), José Luis Ramírez Luengo (Madrid, Complutense), Sara Bani (Chieti-Pescara), Ignacio Díez Fernández (Madrid, Complutense), Anna Kérchy (Szeged), Béatrice Laurent (Bordeaux-Montaigne), Kay Wolfinger (Monaco), Kris Heylen (Katholieke Universiteit, Lovanio e Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal)

Stefan Zweig e l'Europa

Credits: 0.8

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Arturo Larcati

Credits

8.5

Language

English

Class attendance

Compulsory

Location

VERONA

Learning objectives

By the end of the seminar, PhD students will be aware of the specific structural characteristics that make political discourse and its sub-genres a pivotal example of argumentative discourse with the practical examination of some case studies

Prerequisites and basic notions

None

Program

The seminar will first introduce the structural characteristics of political discourse and political speeches with special reference to argumentation. Then, it will focus on persuasion, manipulation and propaganda in political discourse examining several theoretical frameworks including George Lakoff’s framing analysis and Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive discourse.
The class will include a theoretical part and the examination of some case studies based on several political discourse sub-genres and focusing on such topics as the Russia-Ukraine war, covid-19, and discriminatory discourse.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

seminar

Learning assessment procedures

No exam

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Assessment

Possible term paper to be agreed upon with the professor

Scheduled Lessons

When Classroom Teacher topics
Monday 05 February 2024
09:00 - 13:00
Duration: 4:00 AM
Palazzo di Lingue - Co-Working [04 - M] Roberta Facchinetti Argumentative Discourse in English - focus on journalism
Monday 05 February 2024
14:00 - 18:00
Duration: 4:00 AM
Palazzo di Lingue - Co-Working [04 - M] Roberta Facchinetti Argumentative Discourse in English - focus on journalism
Tuesday 06 February 2024
09:00 - 11:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
Palazzo di Lingue - Co-Working [04 - M] Maria Ivana Lorenzetti Argumentative Discourse in English - focus on politics
Tuesday 06 February 2024
11:00 - 13:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
Palazzo di Lingue - Co-Working [04 - M] Sara Corrizzato Argumentative Discourse in English - focus on commerce
Tuesday 06 February 2024
14:00 - 16:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
Palazzo di Lingue - Co-Working [04 - M] Sara Corrizzato Argumentative Discourse in English - focus on commerce
Tuesday 06 February 2024
16:00 - 18:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
Palazzo di Lingue - Co-Working [04 - M] Sara Corrizzato Argumentative Discourse in English - focus on commerce
Wednesday 07 February 2024
10:00 - 12:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
Palazzo di Lingue - Co-Working [04 - M] Maria Francesca Bonadonna Specialised corpora and vocabulary teaching in L2
Wednesday 07 February 2024
14:00 - 18:00
Duration: 4:00 AM
To be defined Piero Renato Costa León Lexical variation in Spanish: from its historical perception to its digital representation
Thursday 08 February 2024
09:00 - 13:00
Duration: 4:00 AM
Palazzo di Lingue - Co-Working [04 - M] Valeria Franceschi Argumentative Discourse in English - focus on tourism
Thursday 08 February 2024
14:00 - 16:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
Palazzo di Lingue - Co-Working [04 - M] Valeria Franceschi Argumentative Discourse in English - focus on tourism
Thursday 08 February 2024
16:00 - 18:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
Palazzo di Lingue - Co-Working [04 - M] Silvia Cavalieri Argumentative Discourse in English - focus on tourism
Friday 09 February 2024
09:00 - 11:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
Palazzo di Lingue - Co-Working [04 - M] Luisa M. Paternicò Cantonese Language Analysis and Learning: Early Western Contribution
Friday 09 February 2024
11:00 - 13:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
To be defined Bianca Basciano Mandarin resultative compounds: theoretical and typological issues