ITL: Lang, Dialects, Society

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Italian Today: Language, Dialects and Society in Contemporary Italy How do Italians speak nowadays? Which dialects exist in the various regions of Italy? Are they still spoken? What kind of language is used on social media? How are Italians dealing with gendered language? These are some of the questions that we will discuss in the course, as its main objective is to give a general panorama of Italian as it is spoken and written today and of the social questions that are debated together with linguistic issues. In order to understand modern Italian, we will also study the historical development of a national language from the many different varieties existing on Italy’s territory. The course is in Italian but some of the readings will be in English. The course is open to graduate and undergraduate students.