IT30820 - ITALIAN LINGUISTICS:HIST DYNAMICS,CONTEMP MOBILITY,DIALECTOL

Module Identifier	IT30820
Module Title	ITALIAN LINGUISTICS:HIST DYNAMICS,CONTEMP MOBILITY,DIALECTOL
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Mr Adriano Vincentelli
Semester	Semester 1
Other staff	Dr Francesco Benozzo
Course delivery	Lecture	22 Hours
	Seminars / Tutorials	4 Hours
Assessment	Continuous assessment	2 oral presentations and 1 essay c.2000 words	40%
	Exam	2 Hours Written examination.	60%

Brief description

The course enables students to be aware that 'Italian' is far from being a unified and homogeneous language; it also provides students who want to specialise in Italian with an instrument to acquire competence in relevant aspects of Italian linguistics, drawing attention to the particular position of Italian in the linguistic history of Europe.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module, students should have a knowledge of the particular nature of Italian, a language in which the centripetal evolution is continually corroded by the dialect substratum;

have an insight into some of the complexities of the history of the Italian language;
learn a new concept of 'dialect': a language which is subject to the national language, and not a simple variant of it;
realise the sociolinguistic consequences of the unceasing intersection of dialects and national language;
recognise the main features of Italian dialects.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Coco. (1982) Introduzione allo studio della dialettologia italiana.
** Essential Reading
J Goschel (ed.). (1986) M. Alinei, 'Dialect: A Dialectical Approach' in Dialekt und Dialectologie.
M. Maiden & M M Parry (eds). (1997) Z. Muljacic, 'The Relationships Between the Dialects and the Standard Language' in The Dialects of Italy.
M. Maiden & M M Parry (eds). (1997) A Sobrero, 'Italianization of Dialects' in The Dialects of Italy.