Models in the phonological analysis: theoretical and descriptive aspects. Metaphony in Italian varieties and harmonies. Morphological analysis in the generative framework
L.M. Savoia, Introduzione alla fonetica e alla fonologia, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2014.
L.M. Savoia, I dialetti italiani. Sistemi e processi fonologici nelle varietà italiane e romance, Pacini, Pisa, 2014
M.R. Manzini & L.M. Savoia, Grammatical categories, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011.
Learning Objectives
The course aims at providing an articulate knowledge in the phonological theory and its methods of analysis. Metaphony and the micro-variation which characterizes it will be the main field of application of the phonological analysis. A related topic which will be considered concerns morphological analysis.
Prerequisites
12 cfu in General Linguistics
Teaching Methods
lectures and seminars
Further information
other readings will be indicated at the beginning of the course
Type of Assessment
oral exams and tests
Course program
The course aims at providing an articulate knowledge in the phonological theory and its methods of analysis. Metaphony and the micro-variation which characterizes it will be the main field of application of the phonological analysis. A related topic which will be considered concerns morphological analysis.