HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS I

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

L0076

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017

Year of supply:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Elective Course

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

Disciplinary Sector:

HISTORICAL AND GENERAL LINGUISTICS

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

GUAZZELLI Francesca

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

114

Prerequisites:

Having taken the General Linguistics exam is required.

Objectives

The course aims at providing students with the tools and methods of historical linguistics, with a view to being able to cope with the reconstruction of the Indo-European protolanguage through inter-linguistic comparison.
Students will get to know the concepts of language family and language type and the tenets underlying the genealogical, typological and areal classification of languages.

Contents

This course, divided into two parts, introduces and develops the basics of comparative and Indo-European studies in the former, with the reconstruction of Indo-European on a linguistic and cultural level; in the latter, it tackles and discusses language classification from a genealogical, typological and areal viewpoint.

Extended Syllabus

The course is divided into two parts:

Part I
Theoretical and methodological aspects of Historical Linguistics

- the historical-comparative method; 
- the Indo-European language family; 
- the main phonological features of Indo-European languages;
- linguistic and cultural reconstruction of Indo-European.

Part II
Classification of languages

- genealogical classification;

- typological classification;

- areal classification.

Recommended Bibliography

- Claudia A. Ciancaglini / Artemij Keidan, Linguistica generale e storica. Per studenti di lingue orientali e classiche, Firenze, Le Monnier Università, 2018, only the second volume.

- Further teaching material provided by the teacher will be available both in paper form and online on the University website in the section “Materiale didattico”.

Reference texts for students who cannot attend on a regular basis:

- Claudia A. Ciancaglini / Artemij Keidan, Linguistica generale e storica. Per studenti di lingue orientali e classiche, Firenze, Le Monnier Università, 2018, only the second volume.
- Alberto Nocentini, L’Europa linguistica: profilo storico e tipologico, Firenze, Le Monnier Università, 2002.

Teaching Methods

Taught classes together with practice drills aimed at theoretical in-depth analysis of the issues dealt with in class, and at their practical application.

Given the technical quality of the discipline, attendance is warmly recommended.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Final oral test. Students who regularly attended are allowed and given the opportunity to take two optional ongoing tests during the Course. They will be in the form of a written questionnaire made up of open questions with predefined response space and multiple-choice questions; the final score will result from the average of the scores got in the single tests. The students who have obtained a final score of at least 18/30 will be allowed, if they wish, to dispense with the oral test, by entering directly the mark resulting from the average of the written tests.

Contacts/More Information

For any clarification related to the topics dealt with in class or to reference bibliography, please address the teacher during her reception time or contact her via mail.

Mutuations

HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS I

Course degree in: LINGUISTIC MEDIATION AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Training in:

Other courses

Course year: 1

GENERAL LINGUISTICS I
6 Credits - Basic
ITALIAN LITERATURE I
6 Credits - Basic
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
6 Credits - Basic
ARABIC LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
ARABIC LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising

Course year: 2

LANGUAGE TEACHING I
6 Credits - Basic
ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Characterising
ARABIC LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
ARABIC LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE PHILOLOGY I
8 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
GERMANIC PHILOLOGY I
8 Credits - Characterising
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
ROMANCE PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS I
8 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
SEMITIC PHILOLOGY I
8 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
SLAVIC PHILOLOGY I
8 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LANGUAGE II
8 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LITERATURE II
9 Credits - Characterising
HISTORY OF HISTORIOGRAPHY
12 Credits - Related/Supplementary
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MEDITERRANEAN HISTORY
12 Credits - Related/Supplementary

Course year: 3

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE I
6 Credits - Basic
ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE I
6 Credits - Characterising
ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE II
6 Credits - Characterising
ARABIC LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
ARABIC LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LANGUAGE III
6 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LITERATURE III
6 Credits - Characterising
FILM STUDIES
8 Credits - Related/Supplementary
ARABIC LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
ARABIC LITERATURE I
6 Credits - Elective Course
CHINESE LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
CHINESE LITERATURE I
6 Credits - Elective Course
CHINESE PHILOLOGY
6 Credits - Elective Course
DIDACTICS OF ITALIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
6 Credits - Elective Course
ENGLISH LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
FRENCH LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
GERMAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
GERMANIC PHILOLOGY I
6 Credits - Elective Course
HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS I
6 Credits - Elective Course
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE I
6 Credits - Elective Course
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LITERATURE I
6 Credits - Elective Course
ROMANCE PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS I
6 Credits - Elective Course
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
SEMITIC PHILOLOGY
6 Credits - Elective Course
SERBO-CROATIAN LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
SPANISH LANGUAGE I
12 Credits - Elective Course
TECHNOLOGY IN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND TRANSLATOR TRAINING
6 Credits - Elective Course
FINAL DISSERTATION
6 Credits - Language/Final Examination
COMPUTER SCIENCE
6 Credits
STAGE AND INTERNSHIPS
4 Credits - For stages and internships

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