Romance Linguistics
A.Y. 2019/2020
Learning objectives
This course aims to provide advanced knowledge on themes, methods and problems related to Romance linguistics. The history of the Romance languages will be studied from a comparative perspective (both in synchrony and in diachrony); particular attention will be paid to methodology concerning geolinguistics and/or sociolinguistics points of view.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course every student will have an in-depth knowledge of nineteenth- and twentieth-century history of Romance linguistics, as well as the theories and methodologies used in the field of Romance linguistics. Students will learn to discern, understand, describe and classify the most important linguistic data through Medieval and/or Modern texts or documents, considering them from a diachronic and a diatopic point of view. Finally, they will learn how to use the main consultation sources as well as orienting themselves effectively and confidently within the specific reference bibliography, using the appropriate discipline-specific terminology.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
The following topics will be dealt with:
Teaching unit A (20 hours, 3 UFC): Historical Romance Linguistics profile (XIX-XX centuries), with notions of compared historical grammar of Romance Languages
Teaching unit B (20 hours, 3 UFC): Systems and methods of research: linguistic geography
Teaching unit C (20 hours, 3 UFC): Problems of linguistic stratigraphy in ancient Italo-Romance texts
Teaching unit A (20 hours, 3 UFC): Historical Romance Linguistics profile (XIX-XX centuries), with notions of compared historical grammar of Romance Languages
Teaching unit B (20 hours, 3 UFC): Systems and methods of research: linguistic geography
Teaching unit C (20 hours, 3 UFC): Problems of linguistic stratigraphy in ancient Italo-Romance texts
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisites for admission
Teaching methods
The course consists of 60 hours of lectures; linguistic texts' analysis activity will be carried out, as well as written exercise and specific case-studies. The course relies on e-learning material, available on Ariel 2.0.
Attendance in this course is strongly recommended; active participation from the students will be required during the lessons.
Attendance in this course is strongly recommended; active participation from the students will be required during the lessons.
Teaching Resources
For attending students
Teaching Unit A:
- Personal class notes;
- Marcello Barbato, Le lingue romanze. Profilo storico-comparativo, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2017;
- Alberto Varvaro, Il latino e la formazione delle lingue romanze, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2014;
- Other learning material available online on the Ariel 2.0 platform at the end of the course.
Teaching Unit B:
- Personal class notes;
- Hans Goebl, La geografia linguistica, in Manuale di linguistica italiana, a cura di Sergio Lubello, de Gruyter, Berlin-Boston, 2016, pp. 553-580;
- Other learning materials available online on the Ariel 2.0 platform at the end of the course.
Note: a valid reference work, which we will often use is: Gerhard Rohlfs, Panorama delle lingue neolatine. Piccolo atlante linguistico pan-romanzo, Gunter Narr, Tübingen, 1986 (several linguistic maps from this atlas will be commented on in class and will be subject of exam).
Teaching Unit C:
- Personal class notes;
- Other learning material available online on the Ariel 2.0 platform at the end of the course.
For not-attending students
Non-attending students are required to get proper notes from their colleagues; it is recommended to use complete class notes, taken with care and attention. Further bibliography to study is listed below.
Teaching Unit A:
- Class notes (to get autonomously);
- Marcello Barbato, Le lingue romanze. Profilo storico-comparativo, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2017.
- Alberto Varvaro, Il latino e la formazione delle lingue romanze, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2014;
- Maurice Lecoy, Profilo storico della linguistica moderna, 17a ed., Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2018, pp. 3-82; or Robert H. Robins, La linguistica moderna, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2005, pp. 9-89.
- Other learning material available online on the Ariel 2.0 platform at the end of the course.
Teaching Unit B:
- Class notes (to get autonomously);
- Hans Goebl, La geografia linguistica, in Manuale di linguistica italiana, a cura di Sergio Lubello, de Gruyter, Berlin-Boston, 2016, pp. 553-580;
- Corrado Grassi, La geografia linguistica, in Lexikon der romanistischen Linguistik (LRL), hrsg. von Günter Holtus, Michael Metzeltin, Christian Schmitt, vol. I, t. 1. Geschichte des Faches Romanistik. Methodologie (Das Sprachsystem), Max Niemeyer, Tübingen, 2a ed. 2011, pp. 207-235.
- Gerhard Rohlfs, Panorama delle lingue neolatine. Piccolo atlante linguistico pan-romanzo, Gunter Narr Verlag, Tübingen, 1986; students are required to study the short introduction and to comment at least 25 linguistic maps, previously agreed with the teacher.
- Extra learning material available online on the Ariel 2.0 platform at the end of the course.
Teaching Unit C:
- Class notes (to get autonomously);
- Other learning material available online on the Ariel 2.0 platform at the end of the course.
Teaching Unit A:
- Personal class notes;
- Marcello Barbato, Le lingue romanze. Profilo storico-comparativo, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2017;
- Alberto Varvaro, Il latino e la formazione delle lingue romanze, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2014;
- Other learning material available online on the Ariel 2.0 platform at the end of the course.
Teaching Unit B:
- Personal class notes;
- Hans Goebl, La geografia linguistica, in Manuale di linguistica italiana, a cura di Sergio Lubello, de Gruyter, Berlin-Boston, 2016, pp. 553-580;
- Other learning materials available online on the Ariel 2.0 platform at the end of the course.
Note: a valid reference work, which we will often use is: Gerhard Rohlfs, Panorama delle lingue neolatine. Piccolo atlante linguistico pan-romanzo, Gunter Narr, Tübingen, 1986 (several linguistic maps from this atlas will be commented on in class and will be subject of exam).
Teaching Unit C:
- Personal class notes;
- Other learning material available online on the Ariel 2.0 platform at the end of the course.
For not-attending students
Non-attending students are required to get proper notes from their colleagues; it is recommended to use complete class notes, taken with care and attention. Further bibliography to study is listed below.
Teaching Unit A:
- Class notes (to get autonomously);
- Marcello Barbato, Le lingue romanze. Profilo storico-comparativo, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2017.
- Alberto Varvaro, Il latino e la formazione delle lingue romanze, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2014;
- Maurice Lecoy, Profilo storico della linguistica moderna, 17a ed., Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2018, pp. 3-82; or Robert H. Robins, La linguistica moderna, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2005, pp. 9-89.
- Other learning material available online on the Ariel 2.0 platform at the end of the course.
Teaching Unit B:
- Class notes (to get autonomously);
- Hans Goebl, La geografia linguistica, in Manuale di linguistica italiana, a cura di Sergio Lubello, de Gruyter, Berlin-Boston, 2016, pp. 553-580;
- Corrado Grassi, La geografia linguistica, in Lexikon der romanistischen Linguistik (LRL), hrsg. von Günter Holtus, Michael Metzeltin, Christian Schmitt, vol. I, t. 1. Geschichte des Faches Romanistik. Methodologie (Das Sprachsystem), Max Niemeyer, Tübingen, 2a ed. 2011, pp. 207-235.
- Gerhard Rohlfs, Panorama delle lingue neolatine. Piccolo atlante linguistico pan-romanzo, Gunter Narr Verlag, Tübingen, 1986; students are required to study the short introduction and to comment at least 25 linguistic maps, previously agreed with the teacher.
- Extra learning material available online on the Ariel 2.0 platform at the end of the course.
Teaching Unit C:
- Class notes (to get autonomously);
- Other learning material available online on the Ariel 2.0 platform at the end of the course.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final exam consists of an oral exam on course syllabus topics, aimed at verifying:
1) The knowledge of course syllabus contents;
2) The ability of critical thinking and application of the analysis methodologies explained in class;
3) The quality and efficacy of presentation
4) The competence in the use of discipline-specific terminology
All the students who are going to take this exam (6 credits or 9 credits) are required to hand to the teacher (personally or by e-mail), at least 10 days before the start of the exam session, a short paper (max. 15.000 characters), containing a written exercise on a topic, agreed with the teacher, aimed at showing the ability to prepare independently a thorough linguistic examination of a text.
Non-attending students are invited to contact the teacher (during office hours or by e-mail) before studying for their exam.
National and international students or incoming Erasmus are promptly invited to contact the teacher of the course.
The exam mode for SLD students and/or for students with other disabilities will have to be agreed with the teacher in accordance with the Office in charge.
1) The knowledge of course syllabus contents;
2) The ability of critical thinking and application of the analysis methodologies explained in class;
3) The quality and efficacy of presentation
4) The competence in the use of discipline-specific terminology
All the students who are going to take this exam (6 credits or 9 credits) are required to hand to the teacher (personally or by e-mail), at least 10 days before the start of the exam session, a short paper (max. 15.000 characters), containing a written exercise on a topic, agreed with the teacher, aimed at showing the ability to prepare independently a thorough linguistic examination of a text.
Non-attending students are invited to contact the teacher (during office hours or by e-mail) before studying for their exam.
National and international students or incoming Erasmus are promptly invited to contact the teacher of the course.
The exam mode for SLD students and/or for students with other disabilities will have to be agreed with the teacher in accordance with the Office in charge.
Unita' didattica A
L-FIL-LET/09 - ROMANCE PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-FIL-LET/09 - ROMANCE PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-FIL-LET/09 - ROMANCE PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor(s)
Reception:
In the second semester, the student reception takes place by appointment, approximately on Monday or Tuesday mornings. To request an appointment, please email [email protected].
Teacher’s Office, Dipartimento di Studi letterari, filologici e linguistici, sezione Modernistica - First floor