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Laurea magistrale in Editoria e giornalismo - 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.

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Practical training
6
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Final exam
24
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activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Practical training
6
F
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Final exam
24
E
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Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°

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Teaching code

4S02365

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

  • Semiotics of the course Master's degree in Linguistics

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/01 - HISTORICAL AND GENERAL LINGUISTICS

Period

First half of Semester 1 , Second half of Semester 1

To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link:  Course organization

Learning outcomes

This course aims at introducing the participants to the study of some of the properties of semiotic processes within language and other cognitive systems. The focus will be on the interface between cognitive processes and semiosis, on the relation between language and mind and on the formal analyses of the use of language in communication contexts, including neo-Gricean and post-Gricean approaches. The main task is familiarizing participants to the analysis and management of the linguistic, textual and cultural processes that are responsible for the creation of meaning and the interpretation of signs. The study of the modes in which meaning is created and manifested represents an essential part of the academic skills of future experts in communication.

Program

This course will consist of three parts:
(i) Formal properties of semiotic processes. Mind, language and consciousness in human sciences and cognitive neuroscience;
(ii) Cognitive and social determinants of some pragmatic aspects of linguistic meaning;
(iii) Textual analysis. The problem of free will from an interdisciplinary perspective (based on the critical discussion of some fragments from literary texts).
Parts (i) and (ii) will be based on classroom teaching and group discussion.
Part (iii) will involve the presentation of some 'case studies' that will provide a trigger for critical discussion.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Betty J. Birner Introduction to Pragmatics Wiley-Blackwell 2013
Ugo Volli Manuale di semiotica Editori Laterza 2005

Examination Methods

Oral exam at the end of the course.
The questions will concern the three different parts of the course, and are intended to stimulate the participants to show their communication and judgment skills.

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