Study-unit SPANISH III

Versione Italiana
Course name Foreign languages and cultures
Study-unit Code A000150
Curriculum Comune a tutti i curricula
Lecturer Marco Paone
Lecturers
  • Marco Paone
Hours
  • 36 ore - Marco Paone
CFU 6
Course Regulation Coorte 2021
Supplied 2023/24
Supplied other course regulation
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Lingue e traduzioni
Sector L-LIN/07
Type of study-unit
Type of learning activities Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction Spanish Castilian
Contents The course will stress an introductory study of the history of the Spanish language along contemporary times, including elements of historical grammar (historical phonetics and phonology, historical morphosyntax, lexical and semantic changes). The course is complemented by the linguistic-philological analysis of literary and non-literary texts useful to understand the evolution of the Spanish language.
Reference texts Required readings:

- Torrens Álvarez, Mª Jesús, Evolución e historia de la lengua española, Madrid, Arco/Libros, 2007.
- Cano Aguilar, Rafael, Introducción al análisis filológico, Madrid, Editorial Castalia, 2000. (Especially for non-attending students)

Other useful dossier of texts will be posted on the UniStudium digital platform for the historical-philological analysis of the Spanish language.


Reference manuals:

- Pharies, David, Breve historia de la lengua española. Chicago: The U of Chicago P, 2015 [II.a ed.].
- Penny, Ralph, Gramática histórica del español, edición actualizada, Barcelona, Ariel, 2014.
- Cano Aguilar, Rafael, El español a través de los tiempos, Madrid, Arco/Libros, (1988) 1992.
- Cano Aguilar, Rafael (coord.), Historia de la lengua española, Madrid: Ariel, 2005 [II.a ed.].
- Moreno Fernández, Francisco, Historia social de las lenguas de España, Barcelona, Ariel, 2005.
- Historia de la lengua española, Madrid, Escelicer, 1942. 9ª edición refundida y aumentada, Madrid, Gredos, 1984.
- Tavani Giuseppe, Preistoria e protostoria delle lingue ispaniche, L'Aquial, L. U. Japadre Editore, 1968.
- Abad Nebot, Francisco, Historia general de la lengua española, Valencia, Tirant Lo Blanch, 2008.
- D’Agostino, Alfonso, Storia della lingua spagnola, Milán, Led edizioni. 2001.
- Echenique Elizondo, María Teresa y Martínez Alcalde, María José, Diacronía y gramática histórica de la lengua española, Valencia, Tirant Lo Blanch, 2005.
Educational objectives The student will gain knowledge about the diachronic development of Castilian / Spanish and be capable to synchronously analyze literary and non-literary texts.
Prerequisites The course has no specific prerequisites.
Teaching methods The course will be taught through lecture classes that will provide elements of historical grammar and history of Spanish language and will analyze textual extracts of a literary and non-literary nature.
Other information It is recommended to attend class.

Students with particular needs contact the lecturer.
Learning verification modality There will be a written exam and then an oral examination with a single final grade. Questions will be open-ended. The presentation of the contents will be held entirely in Spanish.

Both tests can be held after having passed the third year Spanish language test at CLA (Centro linguistico d'Ateneo).

Students with particular needs contact the lecturer.
Extended program The course will stress an introductory study of the history of the Spanish language along contemporary times: Iberian languages before Romanization; Latin in Roman Hispania; formation of the Romance languages in the Iberian Peninsula; birth and development of medieval Castilian; the Spanish Golden Age; Modern Spanish and Latin American Spanish. Elements of historical grammar will be provided (historical phonetics and phonology, historical morphosyntax, lexical and semantic changes).
he course is complemented by the linguistic-philological analysis of literary and non-literary texts useful to understand the evolution of the Spanish language.