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Type D and Type F activities

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Laurea magistrale in Linguistics - Enrollment from 2025/2026
Academic year:

Teaching code

4S004046

Credits

9

Language

English en

The teaching is organized as follows:

TEIL I en

Credits

6

Period

CuCi IIA

TEIL II en

Credits

3

Period

CuCi IIB

Academic staff

Andrea Padovan

Learning outcomes

Part I Expected results: At the end of the course the students will be able to: - Analyze the phrasal structures of the German language using the proper tools of the generative grammar model. - To appreciate the value of the theoretical explanation in order to: i) distinguish between grammatical norm and description of "linguistic competence"; ii) open a new perspective of comparative. Part II Expected results: - Apply the linguistic analysis skills (acquired during the course) to dialectal variation, with particular reference to the Cimbrian variety spoken in Trentino. - Evaluate the importance of theoretical analysis for the development of a grammatical norm.

Bibliography

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Andrea Padovan A Minimalist Introduction to the German(ic) Clause Structure QuiEdit 2019 978-88-6464-502-5
G. Grewendorf - F. Hamm - W. Sternefeld Sprachliches Wissen Suhrkamp 1996
Putnam, Michael T. Studies on German-Language Islands Benjamins 2011 978-90-272-0590-2