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The course intends to inform the students about, and to sensibilize them towards, the theoretical and practical aspects of the morfological, syntactic and semantic analysis of the contemporary Italian language, and to enable them to deal with a specific synchronic topic on the basis of scientific methods.

The course focusses particularly on the morphology, syntax and semantics of standard Italian, with possible considerations of pragmatic aspects or traits of the spoken language. The introductory lessons provide an overview of general morfological, syntactic and semantic concepts, as well as of various approaches to syntactic and semantic analysis. Oral presentations by students will deal with particular topics concerning the synchronic analysis of the contemporary Italian language. A detailed program will be handed out at the beginning of the course.

• Introductory part: The first lessons are intended for the introduction to the course topics on the part of the professor; mainly ex-cathedra teaching, with discussions, exercises and group work; various e-learning activities and discussions on the OLAT online platform.

• Oral presentations on the part of the students: In the lessons following the introductory part, students will give their presentations dealing with selected topics; individual or group work, always with discussion and preferably also with examples and specific exercises.

• Only for the students of "Lehramt" (Teacher Training Program): Term paper (= elaboration of the oral presentation): 12-15 pages, individual work.

Active participation during the lessons, homework and participation in the discussions on the OLAT online platform, oral presentation; only for the students of "Lehramt"(Teacher Training Program): term paper (= written elaboration of the topic dealt with in the oral presentation).

Bibliographic information will be provided during the lessons. All photocopies handed out by the professor and some additional material will be provided also on the OLAT online platform.

• For students of "Lehramt" the participance in the course is permitted only after having completed with positive result the courses "SL Grundlagen des philologisch-kulturwissenschaftlichen Studiums", "VU Einführung in die italienische Linguistik", "VU Grammatische Analyse" and "UE Italienisch I".

• For BA students the participance in the course is permitted only after having completed with positive result the courses of module 13 ("VU Grammatische Analyse" and "VU Einführung in die italienische Linguistik").

• If you are an Erasmus student, please contact the professor for further information.