Modalitá di erogazione:
tradizionale

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Organizzazione didattica:
lezioni

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Metodi di Valutazione:
orale

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Anno di Corso

• Primo Anno

• [ Lauree Triennali ] Corso di Lingue e Culture Europee ed Extraeuropee

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Anno Accademico:
2008/2009

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Risultati di Apprendimento:
Declarative knowledge: a grounding in fundamental concepts of English grammar, phonology and lexis. Procedural knowedge: 'entry-level' ability to apply these concepts when analysing spoken or written texts.         

 

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Attivitá di supporto alla didattica:
1. The practical part of this course consists of esercitazioni devoted to developing writing, speaking, listening and reading skills. For details of level, materials used and timetable please see either the notice board outside the offices of the Collaboratori ed Esperti Linguistici (Studios 6B and 6C on the ground floor of this Faculty), or the appropriate part of this website dedicated to personnel (Collaboratori ed Esperti Linguistici).     

 

2. Self-learning facilities with assistance of i Tutor per l'Autoapprendimento. For details, see the noticeboard outside the offices of the Collaboratori ed Esperti Linguistici (Studios 6B and 6C on the ground floor of this Faculty).

 

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Testi di riferimento:
·         English: An Essential Grammar, Gerald Nelson, Routledge, 2001. 

·         Chapters 4, 5, 6 and 10, and pages 62-67 in The Study of Language, George Yule, 3^rd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2006.

IT IS ESSENTIALTHAT STUDENTS POSSESS THESE TEXTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE

Programma del corso:

CORSO DI LAUREA TRIENNALE IN LINGUE E CULTURE EUROPEE ED EXTRAEUROPEE.
LINGUA INGLESE - PRIMO ANNO
Anni Accademici 2007/2008; 2008/09; 2009/10 
Docente: Dott. Geoffrey Gray

Using a structural approach, the first part of this course consists of an analytical and theoretical introduction to English morphology and syntax. The functions and categories of English language from morpheme level to sentence level are examined. The second part of the course introduces basic concepts for analysing English phonology and lexis.  

 

* For the programme concerning the practical part of this course (esercitazioni), please see either the notice board outside the offices of the Collaboratori ed Esperti Linguistici (Studios 6B and 6C on the ground floor of this Faculty), or the appropriate part of this website that is dedicated to personnel.    

 

 

 

PROGRAMME:
           
A)  STRUCTURAL GRAMMAR
1.       The elements of a simple sentence (see Nelson, Chapter 1)  
2.       Words and word classes (see Nelson, Chapter 2)
3.       Phrases (see Nelson, Chapter 3)
4.       Sentences and clauses (see Nelson, Chapter 4)
            Morphology: free and bound morphemes, derivational and inflectional   
      morphemes, allomorphs (see Yule, pp.62-67).
B) VOICE 
1.   Consonants and their three variables: i) voiced and voiceless sounds, ii) place of     articulation and iii) manner of articulation. Vowels: monophthongs and diphthongs.   Phonemic symbols (see Yule, Chapter 4)
      2. Variation and allophones. Minimal pairs. Syllables and clusters. Aspects of connected speech: assimilation and elision. Definitions of stress and intonation (see Yule, Chapter 5).
 C) LEXIS
      1.   Word formation processes: affixes, infixes, etymology, coinage, borrowing, compounding, blending, clipping, backformation, conversion and acronyms (see Yule, Chapter 6)
      2.   Paradigmatic and syntagmatic axes. Synonymy, antonymy and hyponymy.  Homophones and Homonyms. Polysemy. Collocations and multi-word units (e.g., idioms) (see Yule, Chapter 10).