Linguistics

A) Students will know the scientific literature on historical linguistics with and will be able to comment on it critically; B) they will be able to formulate linguistic hypotheses on the basis of the acquired analytical concepts and tools; C) they will be able to integrate their new knowledge with the previous ones in order to face the theoretical and practical complexity of acquired concepts; D) they also will manage to communicate knowledge entering in discussion with specialists of linguistic studies and non-specialists. E) They will lastly be able to study self-managed or autonomous topics proposed during the course and will be encouraged to cultivate their own scientific interests independently.