PRINCIPLES OF ROMANCE PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS

Course objectives

The course aims to provide basic elements of the discipline; it enables the student to master the subjects in order to use it and apply it in other fields of study with the correct use of the specific technical language. With the acquired knowledge the student is able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical-cultural epochs.

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ANNA TERESA PAOLA RADAELLI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The Romance languages and their contemporary presence in the world. Official languages and their birth. Evolution from Latin: phonology, morphology, some aspects of syntax. Evolution from Latin and mutual differences among the groups and Romance languages. Oral and written traditions: the implications of literacy. The most ancient romance texts. The beginning of Romance literatures: genres, forms, texts.
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge is required.
Books
Attending students A. Varvaro, Linguistica romanza, corso introduttivo, Napoli 2001. S. Asperti, Origini romanze, Roma 2006 (e successive edizioni). Additions and insights provided in class. Non-attending students The texts provided for the attending students will be integrated with: Pietro G. Beltrami, La filologia romanza, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2017. Laura Minervini, Filologia romanza. Vol. 2: Linguistica, Le Monnier università, 2021 Marcello Barbato, Le lingue romanze. Profilo storico-comparativo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2017.
Frequency
Attendance not mandatory but strongly recommended.
Exam mode
The exam is considered passed if the candidate demonstrates in-depth acquisition of skills around Origins, both on a literary and linguistic level, to show how much the Western tradition has its roots in medieval Romance culture.
Bibliography
Attending students A. Varvaro, Linguistica romanza, corso introduttivo, Napoli 2001. S. Asperti, Origini romanze, Roma 2006 (e successive edizioni). Additions and insights provided in class. Non-attending students The texts provided for the attending students will be integrated with: Pietro G. Beltrami, La filologia romanza, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2017. Laura Minervini, Filologia romanza. Vol. 2: Linguistica, Le Monnier università, 2021 Marcello Barbato, Le lingue romanze. Profilo storico-comparativo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2017.
Lesson mode
Conventional frontal lectures
ANNA TERESA PAOLA RADAELLI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The Romance languages and their contemporary presence in the world. Official languages and their birth. Evolution from Latin: phonology, morphology, some aspects of syntax. Evolution from Latin and mutual differences among the groups and Romance languages. Oral and written traditions: the implications of literacy. The most ancient romance texts. The beginning of Romance literatures: genres, forms, texts.
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge is required.
Books
Attending students A. Varvaro, Linguistica romanza, corso introduttivo, Napoli 2001. S. Asperti, Origini romanze, Roma 2006 (e successive edizioni). Additions and insights provided in class. Non-attending students The texts provided for the attending students will be integrated with: Pietro G. Beltrami, La filologia romanza, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2017. Laura Minervini, Filologia romanza. Vol. 2: Linguistica, Le Monnier università, 2021 Marcello Barbato, Le lingue romanze. Profilo storico-comparativo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2017.
Frequency
Attendance not mandatory but strongly recommended.
Exam mode
The exam is considered passed if the candidate demonstrates in-depth acquisition of skills around Origins, both on a literary and linguistic level, to show how much the Western tradition has its roots in medieval Romance culture.
Bibliography
Attending students A. Varvaro, Linguistica romanza, corso introduttivo, Napoli 2001. S. Asperti, Origini romanze, Roma 2006 (e successive edizioni). Additions and insights provided in class. Non-attending students The texts provided for the attending students will be integrated with: Pietro G. Beltrami, La filologia romanza, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2017. Laura Minervini, Filologia romanza. Vol. 2: Linguistica, Le Monnier università, 2021 Marcello Barbato, Le lingue romanze. Profilo storico-comparativo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2017.
Lesson mode
Conventional frontal lectures
  • Lesson code1023142
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseClassics
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year3rd year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDL-FIL-LET/09
  • CFU6