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Tracing the History of the Italian Language: From Dante to the Present Day by Futurelearn
Trace the roots of Italian language that spans from Dante’s "Inferno", Bembo and their literary influence on the language.
Course Highlights
- Develop an extensive knowledge and understanding of the main features characterizing Italian as a language.
- Identify the main historical and institutional actors in Italian development.
- Summarise how language policies have influenced the structures of Italian throughout its historical development.
- Compare the Italian historical-linguistic situation with that of other European and world languages
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
5 Topics
The ABCs of our course
What a language is: basic concepts
A diversified landscape (Italian as you've never heard it)
The birth of a language (Italian and its origins)
Synthesis
5 Topics
Italian a language for literature
Dante as a linguist
Dante as a Poet
Dante's Legacy
Synthesis
5 Topics
Historical background
Linguistic debates
Bembo's legacy
The language outside literature
Synthesis
5 Topics
An official language for a brand new country
Can a national language arise from a novel?
Italy's language policies
Paths to linguistic unification
Synthesis
5 Topics
A language for everyone
A language for every situation
Dialects today
Italian language in the world
Synthesis
Tracing the History of the Italian Language: From Dante to the Present Day
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