General knowledge of the main approaches to the study of language, generativism in particular.
Course Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Assessment Methods
Oral examination
Texts
Slides and as supplementary material: Bazzanella, C. (2008). Linguistica e pragmatica del linguaggio. Laterza, Roma-Bari. Casalegno, P. (2018). Filosofia del linguaggio. Carocci, Roma. Graffi, G. (2008). Che cos'è la grammatica generativa. Carocci, Roma.
Contents
Approaches in Linguistics Generative syntax Truth-functional semantics Pragmatics