. – Chinese Language 2 (Language, Morphosyntax and Lexicon)
PROFESSOR VICTORIA BOGUSHEVSKAYA
COURSE AIMS
The course will illustrate the basic features of Chinese morphology, syntax and
lexical semantics.
COURSE CONTENT
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Key features of Chinese morphology.
Word formation processes.
Chinese grammatical tenets.
Liandongshi and jianyushi constructions.
Lexicon of interlinguistic contacts.
The theory of linguistic relativity.
READING LIST
- The lecture notes and study materials provided by the lecturer.
- E. BANFI – M. BIASCO – MAO WEN, Introduzione allo studio della lingua cinese, Rome, Carocci,
2003.
- G. CASACCHIA – M. GIANNINOTO, Storia della linguistica cinese, Venice, Cafoscarina, 2012.
- SUN CHAOFEN, Chinese: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006.
- V. PELLATT – ERIC T. LIU, Thinking Chinese Translation, Routledge, New York, 2010.
- T. PELLIN, “What is a wailaici? The Chinese Dictionaries of Lexical interferences and their
theoretical outlook”, in Marijike Mooijaart & Marijike Van der Wal (edited by),
Yesterday’s Words: Contemprary, Current and Future Lexicography, Cambridge
Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, 2008, pp. 252-265.
- A. TOSCO, “Le parole che vengono da fuori”. I forestierismi nella lingua cinese
contemporanea, Kervan – Rivista Internazionale di studii afroasiatici 2012 (15): 75-97.
- FANG YUQING 房玉清, 实用汉语用法 (第 2 次修订本), BLCU Press, Beijing, 2008.
The compulsory exam reading list will be communicated in class. Students are invited to
check the “didactic materials” section of the lecturer’s webpage on a regular basis.
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures and practical classes.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
The exam is split into a written part and an oral part; the student must pass the written
exam to access the oral exam.
NOTES
Class attendance is strongly advised.
To sit the Chinese Language 2 exam (Language and Phonology), the student must first
pass the written and the oral language exams (in any order) set for the corresponding course
year.
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at
http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG, or on the Faculty notice
board.