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HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LEXICOGRAPHY (part I) + "QUESTIONE DELLA LINGUA” after the political Unification of Italy: DE AMICIS (“L’idioma gentile”) and PANZINI ("Dizionario moderno" - and digital Italian philology exercises for attending students).

1. V. DELLA VALLE, Dizionari italiani: storia, tipi, struttura, nuova edizione, Roma, Carocci, 2024. 2. C. MARAZZINI, L’ordine delle parole. Storia di vocabolari italiani, Bologna, il Mulino, 2009 (capp. III-VIII). 3. M. APRILE, Dalle parole ai dizionari, III ed., Bologna, il Mulino, 2015 (capp. IV-VII e IX-XI). 4. E. DE AMICIS, L’idioma gentile, a cura di A. Giardina, Milano, Dalai Editore, 2006 (o altra edizione). 5. Materiale depositato nella pagina DIR del corso. Bibliography for non-attending students: 1. V. DELLA VALLE, Dizionari italiani: storia, tipi, struttura, nuova edizione, Roma, Carocci, 2024. 2. C. MARAZZINI, L’ordine delle parole. Storia di vocabolari italiani, Bologna, il Mulino, 2009 (capp. IV-VII e IX-XI). 3. M. APRILE, Dalle parole ai dizionari, III ed., Bologna, il Mulino, 2015. 4. R. MERIDA, Il salvagente dell’italiano. Dizionari, grammatiche, servizi di consulenza ecc., Firenze, Cesati, 2023. 5. C. MARAZZINI, Da Dante alle lingue del Web. Otto secoli di dibattiti sull’italiano, nuova edizione, Roma, Carocci, 2013. 6. E. DE AMICIS, L’idioma gentile, a cura di A. Giardina, Milano, Dalai Editore, 2006 (o altra edizione).

1. Good knowledge on the history of the Italian Lexicography. 2. Being able to use different types of dictionaries and lexicographic electronic tools. 3. Being able to teach the Italian language through the most important dictionaries of the past and the present. 4. Good knowledge on the “questione della lingua” in Italy after the political Unification and in the first decades of the XX century. 5. Thorough knowledge of the essay “L’idioma gentile” by De Amicis. 6. [@attending students] Carry out the exercise on the critical electronic edition of the DM by Panzini.

Students who have not acquired 12 credits in History of the Italian language (L-FIL-LET/12) in their previous career are advised to study in addition C. MARAZZINI, La lingua italiana. Storia, testi, strumenti, Bologna, il Mulino, 2015 (chapters 12-21).

Lessons in the classroom, in the library, in the computer room. PPT and video clips will be used. Students will be invited to practice themselves in the use of electronic dictionaries and computer tools.

The investigation of the possible didactic use of dictionaries and electronic tools will be part of the program of the lessons, obviously focused on the teaching of the Italian language and on its history. Educational strategies used by Italian teachers in the late XIX century and in the beginning of the XX century will be presented and discussed, starting a useful comparison with today’s teaching of the Italian language. This comparison can let usefully recover strategies of the past that nowadays appear mostly abandoned, combining them with the use of new digital instrumentation. DSA/BES. Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/servicesstudents- physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

Oral exam on the books listed in the bibliography and on texts archived in DIR. The exam of Italian Linguistics (12 cfu) lasts 40 minutes ca. However, the exam can be divided into two different parts lasting 20 minutes each, and corresponding to module I and module II (in this case the final grade will be the result of the average of the marks obtained in the two tests). The exam will be structured as follows: - Three or four questions on the history of the Italian lexicography and on the dictionaries listed in the program of the exam. Value 40% (basic level). - One question on electronic dictionaries, on Internet tools for lexicographers, on new lexicographic projects of the Accademia della Crusca, on didactic strategies for teaching ancient and modern Italian trough dictionaries. Value 10% (advanced level). - Two questions on the essay “L’idioma gentile” by De Amicis. Value 25% (basic level). - [@ attending students] The teacher will comment on the written exercise delivered by the student at the end of the lessons (digital philology exercise on the critical electronic edition of the DM by Panzini). Value 25% (advanced level). [@students who CANNOT attend the course: four questions concerning the “questione della lingua” from Dante to the present time]. The oral presentation and the dialectic conversation with the teacher will be assessed.

1. What is a dictionary? Which is the difference between the word “dictionary” and “vocabulary”? Different type of dictionaries for different aims. 2. Voice structure in monolingual vocabulary. 3. Electronic dictionaries, online dictionaries and paper dictionaries. 4. General dictionaries published in the XX century: VOLIT, GRADIT, De Mauro by Paravia editor and DIB, Zingarelli, DISC, Devoto-Oli, Garzanti, Treccani. 5. The Accademia della Crusca and the Italian lexicography in the XVII century. Continuity and innovation: Alberti di Villanova Illuminist lexicographer. 6. The XIX century. The Crusca’s model in the first half of the century and suggestions of correction to the Vocabolario. The “Crusca veronese” by Antioni Cesari. The “Proposta” by Vincenzo Monti. The Tramater. The fifth edition of the Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca. The Tommaseo-Bellini. The Giorgini-Broglio. The Rigutini-Fanfani. The Petrocchi. 7. Synonym dictionaries from the XIX century to the present days: how a dictionary can change its structure. 8. The XX century. The “Dizionario modern” by Alfredo Panzini and other dictionaries of neologisms (from the XIX century to the present days). 9. Dictionaries by the Accademia d’Italia. The first Dizionario aereo italiano by F.T. Marinetti. 10. The DOP by Migliorini, Tagliavini e Fiorelli (pronunciation dictionary). 11. Historical dictionaries: GDLI and TLIO. 12. Etymological dictionaries: DEI, DELI, LEI, Dizionario storico-etimologico Treccani. 13. “Dizionari di famiglie di parole”: DIR and RIF. 14. Web resources for Italian Linguistics and Lexicographers. 15. Lexicographical projects that Accademia della Crusca is carrying on. Methods for collecting word backdates. 16. The “questione della lingua” after the political Unification of Italy: “manzoniani” and “antimanzoniani”. 17. Manzoni’s ideas to promote the linguistic unification of Italy. Teachers, grammarians and lexicographers who followed Manzoni’s ideas: dictionaries of use, dictionaries of synonyms, domestic dictionaries, grammars, reading books. 18. Full reading and commentary of the essay “L’idioma gentile” by De Amicis. 19. The eight editions of Panzini's DM and UPO's project for an electronic edition. 20. Digital philology exercise for the critical electronic edition of DM.

Basic level = - Good knowledge on the history of the Italian Lexicography and on “questione della lingua” in Italy after the political Unification. - Thorough knowledge of the essay “L’idioma gentile” and its author De Amicis. Advanced level = - Knowing how to use linguistic terminology in a coherent and appropriate way. - Knowing how to use the tools presented in class appropriately and for educational purposes: electronic dictionaries, online databases.