HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS

Docenti

Corsi di laurea e percorsi

Insegnamenti mutuati

Programma

Obiettivi Formativi

The aim of the seminar is to provide the students with a good understanding of advanced topics in historical linguistics by taking into consideration both the current theoretical debate (e.g. diachronic approaches to the study of languages; selected topics in the syntax of Early English; text linguistics and pragmatics) and its applications in the field of Germanic Philology (e.g. ancient and new editorial practices; translation studies; computational philology applied to Medieval Germanic texts).

Prerequisiti

Basic knowledge of Germanic linguistics is required. The students who did not attend the undergraduate course "Elementi di Linguistica germanica" (Filologia germanica, Mod. 2) are requested to study the following book carefully:
- [Italian students] Saibene, Maria Grazia / Buzzoni, Marina (2006), Manuale di linguistica germanica, Cisalpino-Monduzzi: Milano-Bologna [book + CD-rom];
- [foreign students] Campbell, Lyle (2004), Historical Linguistics. An Introduction, 2nd edition, MIT Press.

Contenuti

The course consists in:
A) a series of lectures delivered by the teacher on advanced topics in Historical Linguistics and their applications in the field of Germanic Philology;
B) papers presented by the studends on subjects that will be chosen at the beginning of the course.

Testi di riferimento

Compulsory Reference Books and Articles:

Roberts, Ian (2007), Diachronic syntax, Oxford: OUP.
Buzzoni, Marina (2008), "L'applicazione di modelli formali alla linguistica germanica: prospettive ecdotiche ed ermeneutiche", in La linguistica germanica oggi: bilanci e prospettive, Atti del XXXIV Convegno dell'AIFG, Genova 6-8 giugno 2007, Genova.
Buzzoni, Marina (2008), "La punteggiatura nei testi di lingua inglese", in Storia della punteggiatura in Europa, a cura di B. Mortara Garavelli, Bari: Laterza, cap. VII.

Further readings:
-[students attenting the “linguistic” programme]:
Pintzuk S., Tsoulas G., Warner A. (2000), Diachronic syntax. Models and mechanisms, Oxford: OUP.
Crisma P., Longobardi G. (2009), Syntax and Linguistic Theory, Oxford: OUP.
-[students attending the “literary and cultural” programme]:
Harris A.C., Campbell L. (1995), Historical syntax in cross-linguistic perspective, Cambridge: CUP.


N.B. Further bibliographical references will be given to both Italian and foreign students according to their specific area of interests.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

scritto

Metodi didattici

Lectures by the teacher, students' presentations, written papers.

Lingua di insegnamento

English.

Altre informazioni

Students are required to give a talk and write a final paper on a topic of their choice, subject to approval by the teacher. Both talk and paper are part of the exam, and not a substitute for it.

Sostenibilità

• Dispense e materiali di approfondimento e di autovalutazione disponibili online; testi di riferimento in formato e-book