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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.
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1° Year
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
2nd foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
Geography of communication and international trade
Italian literature and culture
Modern and Contemporary Economic History
Theory and Techniques of communication
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
Comparative and European Public law
Principles of international marketing
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
2nd foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
Geography of communication and international trade
Italian literature and culture
Modern and Contemporary Economic History
Theory and Techniques of communication
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
Comparative and European Public law
Principles of international marketing
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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 Language 1 [Cognomi F-O] (2017/2018)
Teaching code
4S002896
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH
Period
Semester 2 dal Feb 26, 2018 al Jun 9, 2018.
Learning outcomes
The course aims at introducing and consolidate a metalinguistic knowledge of English phonetics and morphology.
Program
Prerequisite: B2 level
1. MORPHOLOGY
- functional and lexical words/parole funzionali e lessicali
- morphemes/morfemi
- inflectional morphology and allomorphy/morfologia flessiva e allomorfismo
- derivational morphology and allomorphy/morfologia derivazionale e allomorfismo
- common affixes in English/affissi comuni in inglese
2. PHONETICS
- The International Phonetic Alphabet/l'alfabeto fonetico internazionale
- speech organs/organi articolatori
- vowels and consonants/vocali e consonanti
- voicing/ sonorizzazione (sorde, sonore)
- place of articulation/luogo di articolazione
- manner of articulation/modo di articolazione
- primary stress in words and compounds
- intonation and prosody/intonazione e prosodia
3. VARIETIES OF PRESENT DAY ENGLISH
- Main varieties of Present-day English/principali varietà dell'inglese contemporaneo
- Contrastive Phonetics: Standard British and General American /fonetica contrastiva: Inglese britannico e americano
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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Facchinetti, Roberta | English Phonetics and Morphology. A Reader for First-year University Students | QuiEdit | 2013 | 8864642315 | nucleus placement, de-accenting tones, the most common affixes |
Roach Peter | English Phonetics and Phonology. A Practical Course (with audio CDs) (Edizione 4) | Cambridge University Press | 2013 | 9780521717403 | introduction, 2 the production of speech sounds, 3 long vowels, diphthongs 4 voicing and consonants 5 the phoneme 6 fricatives and affricates, 7 nasals and other consonants 8 the syllable, 13.3 syllabic consonants 14 aspects of connected speech 14.2 assimilation 15 intonation 1 16 intonation 2 |
Plag, Ingo | Word-Formation in English | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press | 2003 | chapter 1 basic concepts (1.1what is a word, 1.2 Studying word-formation, 1.3inflection and derivation) Chapter 2 studying complex words (2.1 identifying morphemes, 2.2 allomorphy, 2.3 establishing word formation rules, 2.4 multiple affixation) Chapter 3 (3.3 complex words in the lexicon) Chapter 4.afixation 4.1 what is an affix, 4.2 How to investigate affixes, 4.3 general property of English affixation 4.4 suffixes, 4.5 prefixes 5 derivation 5.1 conversion 5.2 prosodic conversion (clipping , blends) 5.3 abbreviation and acronyms | |
Melchers G. & P.Shaw | World Englishes | Arnold | 2003 | Chapters: 2 the spread of English, 3 variation in English 3.2 Type of variation in form, 4.the inner circle, 4.5 the USA 5 the outer circle, 6 the expanding circle |
Examination Methods
Prerequisite B2 level of competence of the English Language (certificate)
WRITTEN EXAM (B2 level is a prerequisite required to access the exam)
The final exam consists of exercises that refer to phonetic and morphological aspects of the English language. The main topics of the final exams are:
- inflectional morphology and allomorphy;
morfologia flessiva e allomorfismo
- derivational morphology and allomorphy;
morfologia derivazionale e allomorfismo
- prefixes and suffixes;
prefissi e suffissi
- phonetic transcription of vowels, diphthongs, consonants/ English spelling of sets of words/phrases;/
trascrizione fonetica di vocali, dittonghi, consonanti/ ortografia di gruppi di parole e sintagmi in inglese
- articulatory description (voicing, place of articulation, manner of articulation) of sets of phonetic symbols;
descrizione articolatoria (consonanti sorde e sonore, luogo e modo di articolazione) di coppie o gruppi di simboli fonetici
- assimilation, dissimilation; syllabic consonants;
assimilazione, dissimilazione, consonanti sillabiche;
- primary stress in words and compounds;
accento primario in parole e composti
- stressed/unstressed syllables, content words, nucleus;
sillabe accentate e non accentate, parole contenuto, nucleo prosodico
- Standard British English vs General American English spelling and pronunciation;
ortografia e pronuncia dell'inglese britannico standard e dell'inglese americano standard