Modern humanities

VINCENZO FARAONI
VINCENZO FARAONI

The students will acquire high level knowledge and interpretation skills in the study of Italian Dialects, paying attention to the latest developments in the disciplinary debate and bibliography. The students will be able to collect data for a critical judgment, even in the ethical-social dimension underpinning the discipline. The students will therefore be able to use their knowledge in critical thinking, in addressing open issues, in implementing methods of study and research. The students will manage to communicate the results of their work both to specialists and to a broader audience. Finally, the students will be provided with the necessary skills to successfully undertake a future degree that includes this subject.

The students will acquire high level knowledge and interpretation skills in the study of Italian Dialects, paying attention to the latest developments in the disciplinary debate and bibliography. The students will be able to collect data for a critical judgment, even in the ethical-social dimension underpinning the discipline. The students will therefore be able to use their knowledge in critical thinking, in addressing open issues, in implementing methods of study and research. The students will manage to communicate the results of their work both to specialists and to a broader audience. Finally, the students will be provided with the necessary skills to successfully undertake a future degree that includes this subject.

The course is addressed to second/third year students. A good knowledge of Latin and the notions taught in the first-year module “Istituzioni di storia della lingua italiana” are required.

The course will offer an introduction to Italian dialectology (and sociolinguistics). After making the students acquainted with the scope and aim of Italian dialectology, fundamental notions of the discipline such as the distinction between language and dialect, the methods and instruments of the dialectological analysis, and variationist and sociolinguistic approaches to the study of dialects, we will explore the most characteristic phenomena of core areas of Italo Romance (sometimes taking a diachronic perspective).

STUDENTS ATTENDING CLASSES.
Topics discussed during the course as well as the following bibliography:
- M. Loporcaro, Profilo linguistico dei dialetti italiani, II edizione, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2013 (about chapter IV: only the topics covered in class).
- G. Berruto, Le varietà del repertorio, in Introduzione all’italiano contemporaneo, a cura di A.A. Sobrero, 2 voll., Roma, Laterza, 1993, vol. II (La variazione e gli usi), pp. 3-36.
- G. Berruto, Varietà diamesiche, diastratiche, diafasiche, in Introduzione all’italiano contemporaneo, a cura di A.A. Sobrero, 2 voll., Roma, Laterza, 1993, vol. II (La variazione e gli usi), pp. 37-92.
- T. Telmon, Gli italiani regionali, in Introduzione all’italiano contemporaneo, a cura di A.A. Sobrero, 2 voll., Roma, Laterza, 1993, vol. II (La variazione e gli usi), pp. 93-149.

STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING CLASSES.
- M. Loporcaro, Profilo linguistico dei dialetti italiani, II edizione, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2013.
- G. Berruto, Le varietà del repertorio, in Introduzione all’italiano contemporaneo, a cura di A.A. Sobrero, 2 voll., Roma, Laterza, 1993, vol. II (La variazione e gli usi), pp. 3-36.
- G. Berruto, Varietà diamesiche, diastratiche, diafasiche, in Introduzione all’italiano contemporaneo, a cura di A.A. Sobrero, 2 voll., Roma, Laterza, 1993, vol. II (La variazione e gli usi), pp. 37-92.
- T. Telmon, Varietà regionali, in Introduzione all’italiano contemporaneo, a cura di A.A. Sobrero, 2 voll., Roma, Laterza, 1993, vol. II (La variazione e gli usi), pp. 93-149.
- G. Sanga, Gerghi, in Introduzione all’italiano contemporaneo, a cura di A.A. Sobrero, 2 voll., Roma, Laterza, 1993, vol. II (La variazione e gli usi), pp. 151-189.

NB: students with a non-Italian mother tongue (Erasmus project, bilateral internships, etc.), as well as students who have never taken exams in the L-FIL-LET-12 sector (Italian linguistics), must contact the teacher to agree a personalized program.

Vedi sopra.

The course will be held in the second semester and will take place weekly. The calendar of lessons will be indicated in February on the professor's page (https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/it/users/vincenzofaraoniuniroma1it; "Notizie" section). In the same month of February, on the professor's page, it will be possible to subscribe to the course mailing list: the professor will use it to communicate quickly with students.

Attending classes, while not compulsory, is recommended.

The exam will consist of an oral examination lasting approximately 30 minutes, divided into two parts. In the first part, which will last approximately 20 minutes, students will be questioned on the “structural” section of the course, with reference to the contents of Loporcaro's book and the topics covered in depth during the lessons. in the second part (approximately 10 minutes), students will be asked to discuss the essays by Berruto on “sociolinguistic” topics contained in the volume edited by Sobrero. Students who did not attend the course may also be questioned on the essays by Telmon and Sanga contained in this same volume. To pass the exam, students must obtain a mark of at least 18/30. To achieve a pass mark, students must demonstrate that they have acquired a basic knowledge of the course content. To achieve the maximum mark (30 with honours), students must demonstrate that they can confidently explain the topics covered, using appropriate terminology; they must also demonstrate that they are able to connect different parts of the programme in a coherent and logical way.

Examples of frequently asked questions and exercises will be presented during the lessons.