Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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MHIT1211 - Italian : Grammar In Practice I



Credits : 5

Lecturer :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , first term, 30 hours of exercises.

Language of instruction :
Italian

Learning outcomes :
On completing this Unit students should be able to: 1. Employ sophisticated grammar in context (tense use, alternation between indicative/subjunctive, use of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions); 2. Compare the different options that are available in a given context (sentence, text) taking into account differences in meaning or register; 3. Explain grammatical structures in context and translate them.

Prerequisites :
None

Co-requisites :
None

Course contents :
Study of Italian compound sentences (coordination and subordination). Further details are available on the distance learning platform.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Lectures and practical exercises.

Assessment methods and criteria :
Written assessment.

Recommended or required reading :
BERRUTO Gaetano, Sociolinguistica dell'italiano contemporaneo, Roma, La Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1987. DARDANONE Maurizio, TRIFONE Pietro, Grammatica italiana con nozioni di linguistica, Bologna, Zanichelli, 1995. LEPSCHY Laura, LEPSCHY Giulio, La lingua italiana. Storia, varietà dell'uso, grammatica, Milano, Bompiani, 1981. PALERMO Massimo, TRIFONE Piero, Grammatica italiana di base, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2000. PRANDI Michele, Le regole e le scelte. Introduzione alla grammatica italiana, Torino, Utet, 2006. RENZI Lorenzo (a cura di), Grande grammatica italiana di consultazione, Vol. I. La frase. I sintagmi nominale e preposizionale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1988. IDEM, Come cambia la lingua? L'italiano in movimento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012. RENZI Lorenzo, SALVI Giampaolo, Grande grammatica italiana di consultazione. Vol. II. I sintagmi verbale, aggettivale, avverbiale. La subordinazione, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1991. SCAVÉE Pierre, INTRAVAIA Pietro, Traité de stylistique comparée. Analyse comparative du français et de l'italien, Bruxelles, Didier, 1979. ULYSSE Georges, L'italien de A à Z, Paris, Hatier, 1994. VALLÉ Annette, Guide de grammaire italienne avec exercices, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 1998.