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Università degli Studi di Parma
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REGIONAL LINGUISTICS
cod. 18146

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Linguistica italiana (L-FIL-LET/12)
Field
Discipline informatiche e del linguaggio
Type of training activity
Basic
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
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Learning objectives

Learning advanced skills in phonetics and semantics, with the objective of the historical-etymological reconstruction of words in the Italian culinary vocabulary.

Prerequisites

At least 10 credits attained in this branch of study.

Course unit content

<br />Course title: Principles of phonetics and semantics applied to etymological research on dialect and regional Italian lexicon. <br />
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On the basis of the lexicon studied during the undergraduate course Italian Linguistics on Language and cuisine at the Farnese court, the course will exam problems and methods of historical-etymological reconstruction. 

Full programme

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Bibliography

M. Pfister and A. Lupis, Introduzione all'etimologia romanza, Catanzaro, Rubbettino, 2001. <br />
G. Rohlfs Grammatica storica della lingua italiana e dei suoi dialetti, Italian translation, vol. I La Fonetica, Turin, Einaudi, 1966 (or a reprint). <br />
S. Ullmann, La semantica. Introduzione alla scienza del significato, Italian translation, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1962. <br />

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures and exercises plus weekly tutorials. <br />
The exam consists of an oral exam on various topics covered in the course syllabus. <br />

Assessment methods and criteria

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