Languages, Cultures, Literature, Translation

Political Linguistics: The Voice of the Leaders. The course will provide a grounding in the main aspects of pragmatics and political linguistics, and will familiarise students with rhetorical, textual and linguistic analysis of those features to be found in political speeches. It will also examine how language is used by contemporary politicians and how it is part of the wider process of political discourse and political communication. The course will explore aspects of political metaphor analysis and the linguistic approach of critical discourse analysis, political communication and spin-doctoring. From the examination of a number of theoretical issues, we will then move on to the analysis of a targeted selection of chosen texts that will allow us to reach a competent reading practice, and an "intermediate" linguistic level. Lettorato English I Exit level: Writing and Speaking: B1 Reading:B1+

English level B1+ CEFR. Basic notions in Linguistics.

C. Andorno, Che cos’è la pragmatica linguistica? Roma, Carocci, 2012 P. Simpson, A. Mayr, S. Statham, Language and Power, London, Routledge, 2019.

Highly recommended

In itinere assessments, mid-term and end-of-course with the help of IT tools and specific assessment platforms. Individual work will be required on a voluntary basis.The final examination will be a written test in English with open-ended questions and text analysis.

N.Fairclough, New Labour, New Language? London, Routledge,2000 J. Charteris-Black, Politicians and Rhetoric. The Persuasive Power of Metaphor, London, Palgrave, 2011.

Lectures and classroom exercises with interactive multimedia tools. Presentations by students. Lectures of experts on the subject of the course.

Political Linguistics: The Voice of the Leaders. The course will provide a grounding in the main aspects of pragmatics and political linguistics, and will familiarise students with rhetorical, textual and linguistic analysis of those features to be found in political speeches. It will also examine how language is used by contemporary politicians and how it is part of the wider process of political discourse and political communication. The course will explore aspects of political metaphor analysis and the linguistic approach of critical discourse analysis, political communication and spin-doctoring. From the examination of a number of theoretical issues, we will then move on to the analysis of a targeted selection of chosen texts that will allow us to reach a competent reading practice, and an "intermediate" linguistic level. Lettorato English I Exit level: Writing and Speaking: B1 Reading:B1+

English level B1+ CEFR. Basic notions in Linguistics.

C. Andorno, Che cos’è la pragmatica linguistica? Roma, Carocci, 2012 P. Simpson, A. Mayr, S. Statham, Language and Power, London, Routledge, 2019.

Highly recommended

In itinere assessments, mid-term and end-of-course with the help of IT tools and specific assessment platforms. Individual work will be required on a voluntary basis.The final examination will be a written test in English with open-ended questions and text analysis.

N.Fairclough, New Labour, New Language? London, Routledge,2000 J. Charteris-Black, Politicians and Rhetoric. The Persuasive Power of Metaphor, London, Palgrave, 2011.

Lectures and classroom exercises with interactive multimedia tools. Presentations by students. Lectures of experts on the subject of the course.