The course aims at helping students:
- know the basic theoretical concepts of Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
- know the phonetic and phonological system of Spanish in contrast with Italian
- know normative aspects of Spanish pronunciation
- familiarize with the phonetic alphabets IPA/RFE
- phonetic and phonological transcriptions of oral texts
The course intends to outline the phonetic and phonological systems of contemporary standard Spanish. The fundamental concepts of Spanish phonetics, exemplified in detail with transcriptions, as well as those elements emerging from a contrastive analysis between the Italian and the Spanish systems, will be examined.
Obligatory bibliography:
- Notes taken during the course
- Quilis, A. (1997): Principios de fonética y fonología españolas, Arco Libros, Madrid, cap. I, II, IV y V.
- Lombardini, H. E. (2013): “Fonética y fonología”, en F. San Vicente (coord.), GREIT, Gramática de referencia de español para italófonos. I. Sonidos, grafías y clases de palabras, Bologna, CLUEB, pp. 1-46.
Consultation Bibliography:
- Gómez Torrego, L. (2011): Hablar y escribir correctamente. Gramática normativa del español actual, Madrid, Arco Libros, vol. I, pp. 223-298.
- Quilis, A. (1993): Tratado de fonología y fonética españolas, Gredos, Madrid.
- Moreno Fernández, F. (2010): Las variedades de la lengua española y su enseñanza, Madrid, Arco Libros
Assessment will be by written exam.
LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE REQUIRED: B2 (Council of Europe).
Assessment of linguistic competence will be on the grounds of certificates issued by the CLA (the University Linguistic Centre) or by other accredited institutions.
PREREQUISITES: Students taking this exam must have already passed the exams of Spanish Language and Literature of the 1st year.
