COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2020/2021
Year: 
3
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2022/2023
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Language: 
Italian
Credits: 
7
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
56
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (56 hours)
Requirements: 

Excellent knowledge of Italian.

The final exam will be written and will concern course contents. Attending students could discuss a research and this will be 30% of the final grade.

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

The course is divided into different sections: it will start from the framing of Cognitive Linguistics as a functional discipline for the application of linguistic theories in the contexts of learning and public communication, deepening some issues of language education.
In particular, the course will deal with the issues of written communication, the relationship between orality and writing, the sexist uses of the language, insults and communicative competence, also in relation to non-European and Asian languages.

- Cognitive Linguistics;
- Written communication;
- Language education;
- Public communication

- Cognitive Linguistics;
- Written communication;
- Language education;
- Public communication;
- The fight against sexist uses of the language;
-The insult

Convenzionale

Lectures, case study analysis, project works, problem solving activities.

P. NITTI, Linguistica popolare, Albo Versorio, 2022, Varese.
P. NITTI, L’insulto. La lingua dello scherzo, la lingua dell’odio, Cesati, 2021, Firenze, ISBN 9788876679308.
P. NITTI, Insegnare italiano nella classe plurilingue, La Scuola, 2022, Brescia, ISBN 9788835057390.
P. NITTI, La didattica della lingua italiana per gruppi disomogenei, La Scuola, 2018, Brescia, ISBN 9788835050490.

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