History of Italian language with elements of historical grammar 1 3223-3LHJW1E
- The changes in Latin and the concept of latino volgare. Evolution in Latino volgare and the development of the Romance languages and dialects of Italian.
- Simplification and regularization of the phonological system: vowel and consonant reductions.
- Simplification of the morphological system: reductions of declination and conjugation system, formation of analytic forms ; formations of the pronoun system and of the articles.
- Changes in syntax: development of prepositional forms, fixation of the word order within a sentence.
- Changes in the lexical system: semantic shifts, emergence of new words, development of afixation.
- The first texts in volgare: Indovinello veronese, Iscrizione della Basilica di San Clemente, Placiti cassinesi.
- Practical texts in volgare : commercial and religious texts.
- Beginnings of the literature in volgare: a) the Sicilian School and its Tuscan adaptation b) religious text in Umbria (St. Francis, Jacopone da Todi)
- Dante, Petrarca and Boccaccio and their contribution to the development of the Italian language: Dante and his vision of volgare (De vulgari eloquentia, Convivio), the language model of Petrarca; the syntax of Boccaccio in Decamerone)
- Between Latin and volgare: humanism in Italy.
- Discussions on language during the Cinquecento (Bembo, Trissino, Macchiavelli, Castiglione) and the formation of a linguistic model.
- The origins of the codification of the Italian volgare: the first grammars.
- The role of Accademia della Crusca as an institution determining the formations of the standard language. Il Vocabolario degli Accademici Della Crusca and the beginnings of lexicography Italian: polemics around the Vocabolario and its model of the language.
- Italian language in the Baroque; development of the Italian language of science (Galileo).
- Italian language in the Settecento: proposals of reforms (Verri, Cesarotti). The role of French lexical influences.
- Controversy around the linguistic norm in the nineteenth century : Manzoni and Ascoli.
- The linguistic situation in the period of the Unification of Italy and the linguistic problems after the reunification: written and spoken language, dialects; how to promote a unique model of language. Development of lexicography and grammars in the nineteenth century.
- Language Situation and Social Italy in the first half of the twentieth : language policy during the Mussolinian period, the Italian language abroad.
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
- Formation of Italian volgare from latin: evolution of the phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical system.
- Basic dictionaries and grammars of the early Italian language.
Skills:
- Connecting the current state of the language (Irregular morphological forms) with its history and evolution
- Ability of linguistic analysis of fragments of ancient Italian texts
Social competence:
- Explaining phenomena of modern Italian grammar on the basis if their history
Assessment criteria
The course ends with an examination (test).
Criteria of the evaluation:
- Attendance.
- Active participation in the interpretation of grammatical phenomena and translating ancient Italian texts.
- Final examination vote.
Practical placement
None.
Bibliography
Manuals:
Patota G. (2002), Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell’italiano, Il Mulino, Bologna
D’Achille P. (2004), Breve grammatica storica dell’italiano, Carocci, Le Bussole, Roma
Marazzini C. (2004), Breve storia della lingua italiana, Il Mulino Bologna
Facultative:
Marazzini C. (2006), La storia della lingua italiana attraverso i testi, Il Mulino, Bologna
Schlosser R. (2001), Le lingue romanze, Il Mulino, Bologna
Tesi R. (2001), Storia dell’italiano. La formazione Della lingua comune dalle origini al Rinascimento, Laterza, Bari
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