LINGUISTICS ADVANCED COURSE

Course objectives

A) Students will know the scientific literature on the topics dealt with and will be able to comment on it critically; B) they will be able to formulate linguistic hypotheses on the basis of the acquired analytical concepts and tools; C) they will be able to integrate their new knowledge with the previous ones in order to face the theoretical and practical complexity of acquired concepts; D) they also will manage to communicate knowledge entering in discussion with specialists of linguistic studies and non-specialists. E) They will lastly be able to study self-managed or autonomous topics proposed during the course and will be encouraged to cultivate their own scientific interests independently.

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MARIA CARMELA BENVENUTO Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The course aims at providing an introduction to the main methods, theoretical issues and research perspectives in contemporary linguistic typology. In particular, the course aims to increase knowledge of linguistic categories from a typological perspective through an in-depth examination of the following topics: 1. the word classes, 2. nominal and verbal categories .
Prerequisites
This is an advanced course in linguistics. A basic knowledge of general linguistics is required. Students who have no prior knowledge of the field are strongly advised to study an introductory linguistics textbook before the classes start (e.g. Berruto - Cerruti 2011).
Books
(only parts of which will be used as the course progresses): Inglese-Luraghi, Le categorie grammaticali, Carocci 2023 S. Cristofaro e P. Ramat (a cura di), Introduzione alla tipologia linguistica, Roma, Carocci, 1999. N. Grandi e C. Mauri, La tipologia linguistica, Roma, Carocci, 2003. WALS (World Atlas of Language Structures), a cura di M. Haspelmath, M. S. Dryer, D.Gil, e B.Comrie, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005, consultabili in rete al sito http://wals.info. Lesson notes
Frequency
Attendance at the course is strongly recommended.
Exam mode
The final exam is composed by two main parts: written and oral. At the end of the classes, the student has the possibility to apply for a written test. The written test is composed by 32 multiple-choice questions focusing on the manual. The text can be applyed by all the students, not only by the students attending the classes. The written text score is valid for an academic course (all the exam sessions until the date of the beginning of the new academic year). If a student can not apply for the written text, she/he will be examined orally during the final exam. The final exam consists of an oral examination.
Lesson mode
The teaching is carried out in a lecture format and is designed for the students to acquire the knowledge subject of the discipline. The following materials will be uploaded in Classroom website: 1) some slides used during the lectures and related to topics which are not present in the texts in the bibliography 2) some useful aids for the preparation of the exam (exercises, sheet containing the scheme of the IPA alphabet, etc.) 3) indications of some websites of particular interest for the study of the discipline. As regards the acquisition of the specific skills being taught, exercises will be carried out in the classroom relating to morphemic breakdown of words.
  • Lesson code1025563
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseModern Philology
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDL-LIN/01
  • CFU6