Teaching code

4S002923

Teacher

Elisa Sartor

Coordinator

Elisa Sartor

Credits

9

Also offered in courses:

• Spanish language 3 of the course Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures

Language

Spanish

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/07 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - SPANISH

Period

II semestre (Area Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 17, 2025 al May 24, 2025.

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

By the end of the course students: – will be familiar with essential concepts of lexicology and morphology; – will have understood the basic mechanisms of word formation in Spanish and will be able to recognize them and to apply them to textual analysis; – will have approached some phenomena of lexical creativity, coining and semantic evolution in different areas, also through examples from the history of printing and the publishing industry; – will have learnt how to extract and analyse lexical, semantical and morphological phenomena from corpora and other digital resources. Expected Spanish proficiency level is C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Language.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Spanish proficiency level C1 (or higher) is a prerequisite for sitting the final exam; it corresponds to 3 out of 9 CFU awarded by this course.
Proficiency level validation is based on certificates issued by CLA (Centro Linguistico di Ateneo) or by Instituto Cervantes (only DELE, and the certificate must be validated by CLA and published in the appropriate list) and it is a requirement for the exam with the lecturer for Lengua española 3.
As detailed in "Vademecum normativo per gli studenti dell'Area di Lingue e Letterature Straniere", C1 certificates obtained after 1st October 2024 are valid for three years.
Before sitting the final exam students must have passed and registered the following exams (as stated in "Vademecum normativo per gli studenti dell'Area di Lingue e Letterature Straniere"): Lengua española 2 and Literatura española 2.
IMPORTANT NOTICES: Erasmus students are REQUESTED to get in touch with the lecturer at the beginning of the course for further information and for the integration of 3 CFU (if applicable).

Program

The course will offer an introduction to the fundamental concepts of morphology (the concept of word, lexeme/morpheme, inflectional morpheme/derivational morpheme etc.) and of lexicology, with special attention to the mechanisms of word formation (composition, derivation etc.).
Specifically, the course will analyse current neological trends in Spanish language through examples of innovation and lexical creativity from the following areas: colloquial language, phraseology, literary discourse and the (digital) media.
Bibliography for students who ATTEND lessons (min. 75% attendance):
COMPULSORY BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Lectures notes, powerpoint presentations (slides); articles, short essays and PDF extracts loaded onto the Moodle platform;
- Leganto bibliography (frequentanti)
Further reading (recommended)
- Camus, Bruno (2022): La formación de palabras, Madrid: Arco/Libros-La Muralla.
Bibliography for students who DO NOT ATTEND lessons:
COMPULSORY BIBLIOGRAPHY: Leganto bibliography (non frequentanti)
Further reading (recommended)
-Bosque, Ignacio; Demonte, Violeta (1999): Gramática descriptiva de la lengua española, Madrid: Colección Nebrija y Bello, Espasa, capp. 66-73 y 76-78;
- Real Academia Española y Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (2009): Nueva gramática de la lengua española. Morfología y sintaxis, Madrid: Espasa, capp. 5-11.
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The programme indicated in the syllabus will be valid for examination purposes until the Winter session 2025 (Jan/Feb) included.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Lectures will be supported by Powerpoint presentations and by multimedia material; there will also be workshop-style classes with practical activities focusing on the analysis of selected texts relating to the categories presented.
Students who do not attend lectures may refer to the specific programme, which does not include lectures notes and presentations.
Methods of teaching support:
Guidelines and teaching materials will be uploaded in the Moodle platform of the module. In addition, the lecturer is available during his office hours, which can also be arranged via ZOOM if necessary.
Finally, specific support and tutoring activities are available for inclusion and accessibility, with particular regard to the Language and Literature courses in the French, English, Russian, Spanish and German areas. More information will be available on the Department's webpage.

Learning assessment procedures

The test will have a duration of 75 minutes and will be entirely in Spanish. It will include multiple choice questions, short answer questions, and open questions. Some questions will require metalinguistic competence and the ability to identify phenomena covered during the course and to provide clear examples. The exam paper will be differentiated according to students' status (attending/non attending). In any case, the use of dictionaries or electronic devices is not allowed during the exam.

Evaluation criteria

The exam will be a written test that will ascertain the depth of knowledge acquired on the topics on the syllabus, as well as the correct use of language, the terminological precision, and the ability to connect the information as a network of knowledge.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final mark will be expressed in a scale of 30 and will be the arithmetic mean between the grade obtained in the written test (18/30 minimum) and the grade from the Spanish proficiency exam (converted in a scale of 30 in accordance with the indications detailed in “Vademecum normativo per gli studenti dell'Area di Lingue e Letterature Straniere").

Exam language

Spagnolo