IJ2B057 Linguistics of Early Italian

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. Egle Mocciaro, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Egle Mocciaro, Dottore di Ricerca
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
IJ1A055 Bachelor's State Exam
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The reasoned pathway through the fundamental morpho-syntactic structures of early Italian will guide students towards - a full awareness of the linguistic processes (and of linguistic change) involved in the most ancient phases of the Italian language; - a full mastery of the tools (including digital tools) of linguistic research on ancient Italian; - the ability to use these tools (especially the digital ones) to carry out autonomous research and analysis on specific linguistic facts.
Learning outcomes
- Recognise linguistic phenomena and processes operating in the synchrony of ancient Italian; - recognise some of the main linguistic phenomena and processes that operated in the diachrony of early Italian - recognise (broadly) the structural affinities and divergences between different Italian vernaculars; - know how to use the research and analysis tools of the discipline (textual archives, digital databases, etc.); - to carry out small research projects independently using these tools.
Syllabus
  • A) INTRODUCTION - Italo-Romance vernaculars - Available text types - Research tools B) SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS - Word order and sentence structure - Argument structure - Expression of modality - Word formation - Negation - Auxiliaries - Passives and impersonals - Coordination and subordination - At the margins of grammar: discursive markers
Literature
    required literature
  • E. Mocciaro, Dispensa sulla grammaticalizzazione
  • Supplementary materials: Riccardo Regis, 2020. Italoromanzo (Rebue de Linguistique Romane)
  • L. Renzi, G. Salvi, 2010, Italiano antico. In Enciclopedia dell'italiano
  • Maria Napoli, Linguistica diacronica. Roma, Carocci, 2019.
    recommended literature
  • Grammatica dell'italiano antico. Edited by Giampaolo Salvi - Lorenzo Renzi. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2010, Strana 760. ISBN 9788815134585. info
  • Grammatica dell'italiano antico. Edited by Giampaolo Salvi - Lorenzo Renzi. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2010, 754 stran. ISBN 9788815134585. info
    not specified
  • M. Dardano, 2012. Sintassi dell'italiano antico 1. Roma: Carocci.
  • M. Maiden, Storia linguistuca dell'italiano. Bologna, Il Mulino, 1998.
  • M. Dardano, 2020. Sintassi dell'italiano antico 2. Roma: Carocci.
  • Lecture notes during the course
Teaching methods
Seminars and workshops
Assessment methods
Test 1. Students will analyse some phenomena of the ancient language using the research and analysis tools they have experienced during the course. Test 2 (written). They will also answer some open questions on the course content.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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