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Study Plan
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Laurea magistrale in Tradizione e interpretazione dei testi letterari - 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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One course to be chosen among the following2 course to be chosen among the followingCertificate of the CLA at level B2 in Italian for students of the University of Augsburg and in German for students of the University of Verona2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
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One course to be chosen among the following2 course to be chosen among the followingCertificate of the CLA at level B2 in Italian for students of the University of Augsburg and in German for students of the University of Verona| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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One course to be chosen among the followingLegend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
General Linguistics (M) (2016/2017)
Teaching code
4S02265
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Also offered in courses:
- General Linguistics [Sede VR] of the course Master’s degree in Historical Studies (interuniversity)
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/01 - HISTORICAL AND GENERAL LINGUISTICS
Period
Sem. IIA, Sem. IIB
Learning outcomes
This class aims at approaching in a critical way the models of analysis of language and texts
Program
The program consists of three parts related to the concepts of language faculty, language and text.
After an initial consolidation of the fundamentals of linguistisc, the course will continue, with emphasis on the history of linguistics, to present models of analysis relating to the linguistic concepts of "language faculty", "language" and "text."
60 years N. Chomsky published his well known Syntactc Structures, thus we then we will start with a brief assessment of the contribution of the chomskyan studies in different fields of linguistics. We will then observe the birth of descriptive theories for languages and texts acroos the 20th and 21st century.For the description of languages we will discuss the theory of principles and parameters, and its cennections with the typolgy; finally we will discuss textlinguistics as a formal tool.
References wil be provided during class
For the final proof the student should read on of the "classics" in lingistics, taken from the list below, or agreed upon with the teacher.
- Boas, F., Introduzione alle lingue degli indiani d'America
- Sapir, E., Il linguaggio. Introduzione alla linguistica
- Morris, C.W., Lineamenti di una teoria dei segni
- Benveniste, É., Problemi di linguistica generale
- Chomsky, N., Il linguaggio e la mente
- Chomsky, N., La scienza del linguaggio
- Jakobson, R., Saggi di linguistica generale
- Saussure, F. de, Corso di linguistica generale
- Hallyday, M.A.K., Sistema e funzione del linguaggio
- Bloomfield, L., Il linguaggio
Examination Methods
oral exam
