Studying at the University of Verona
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.
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 Lingue e culture per il turismo e il commercio internazionale - 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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Prima lingua straniera anno I
Seconda lingua straniera anno I
Prima letteratura straniera anno I
Seconda letteratura straniera anno I
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2014/2015
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Prima lingua straniera anno II
Seconda lingua straniera anno II
Prima letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Tedesco
Prima letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Inglese
Prima letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Francese
Prima letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Russo
Prima letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Spagnolo
Seconda letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Tedesco
Seconda letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Inglese
Seconda letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Francese
Seconda letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Russo
Seconda letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Spagnolo
Un insegnamento a scelta
Un insegnamento a scelta
Urban, commercial and transportation geography
Un insegnamento a scelta
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2015/2016
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Prima lingua straniera anno III
Seconda lingua straniera anno III
Un insegnamento a scelta
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Prima lingua straniera anno I
Seconda lingua straniera anno I
Prima letteratura straniera anno I
Seconda letteratura straniera anno I
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Prima lingua straniera anno II
Seconda lingua straniera anno II
Prima letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Tedesco
Prima letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Inglese
Prima letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Francese
Prima letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Russo
Prima letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Spagnolo
Seconda letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Tedesco
Seconda letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Inglese
Seconda letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Francese
Seconda letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Russo
Seconda letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II Spagnolo
Un insegnamento a scelta
Un insegnamento a scelta
Urban, commercial and transportation geography
Un insegnamento a scelta
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Prima lingua straniera anno III
Seconda lingua straniera anno III
Un insegnamento a scelta
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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.
English III (2015/2016)
Teaching code
4S00887
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH
Period
II semestre dal Feb 22, 2016 al May 31, 2016.
Learning outcomes
The course aims at focusing on the main principles of pragmatics, with specific reference to speech acts, and the leading role that it plays in authentic communicative exchanges as well as in audiovisual language. Theoretical framework will be supported by single cases taken from written and oral passages. Extracts from audiovisual products, both original and in their dubbed version, will be analysed from a pragmatic point of view.
Program
The course will explore the following aspects:
- Introduction to the concept of pragmatics
- Intercultural pragmatics
- English varieties
- Socio-cultural and situational context
- Cooperative principle
- Politeness
- Speech acts
- Audiovisual language
- Audiovisual translation
Essential bibliography (in progress):
The present list will be constantly updated. The final version will be available at the end of the course.
Asher, Nicholas, and Alex Lascarides. 2001. “Indirect Speech Acts”. Synthese Vol. 128, No. 1/2, pp. 183-228.
Bonsignori, Veronica, Bruti Silvia. 2015. “Conversational Routines across Languages: The Case of Greetings and Leave-takings in Original and Dubbed Films” in Jorge Díaz Cintas and Josélia Neves (eds.) Audiovisual Translation. Taking Stock. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholar Publishing, pp. 28-45.
Bruti, Silvia. 2005. “Translating compliments and insults in the Pavia Corpus of film dialogue: two slides of the same coin?” in Maria Freddi and Maria Pavesi (eds.) Analysing Audiovisual Dialogue. Linguistic and Translational Insights. Bologna: CLUEB, pp. 143-164.
Corrizzato, Sara. 2015. Spike Lee’s Bamboozled. A contrastive analysis of compliments and insults from English to Italian. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholar Publishing.
Eisenstein, Miriam, Bodman Joan. 1993. “Expressing gratitude in American English” in Gabriele Kasper and Shoshana Blum-Kulka (eds.) Interlanguage pragmatics. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 64-81.
Jucker, Andreas H. 2009. “Speech act research between armchair, field and laboratory: The case of compliments”. Journal of Pragmatics 41(8), pp. 1611-1635.
Manes, Joan, Wolfson Nessa. 1981. “The compliment formula” in Florian Coulmas (ed.) Conversational routine. The Hague: Mouton, pp. 115-132.
Mey, Jacob L. 2000. When voices clash. A study in literary pragmatics. Berlin/New York: Mouton (ch. 8, 9, 10).
Mey, Jacob L. 2001. Pragmatics. An Introduction. Malden: Blackwell (ch. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trosborg, Anna. 1994. Interlanguage Pragmatics: Requests, Complaints, and Apologies. Berlin/New York: Mounton (ch. 8, 12, 14).
Information about Apologies – Complaints - Compliments/Responses – Refusals – Requests – Thanks at http://www.carla.umn.edu/speechacts/descriptions.html
Course slides (uploaded on the e-learning platform)
Additional material will be provided during class.
Examination Methods
Pre-requisite: C1 level
Oral exam