Italian Language and Linguistics
| Specialisation of: | Linguistics |
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| Degree: | Master of Arts in Linguistics |
| Mode of Study: | Full-time |
| Duration: | 1 year |
| Start date: | September, February |
| Language of instruction: | Italian |
| Location: | Leiden |
| Croho/isat code: | 60815 |
In the Italian Language and Linguistics specialisation of the MA in Linguistics, you will study the Italian language from a typological perspective, as well as from a historical and sociolinguistic point of view. You will gain insight into the dialectal and regional variations and uses of Italian through our courses on both theoretical and applied linguistics, covering topics that include the use of Italian and of Italian dialects. While studying with our young and active staff, you will improve your command of the language, as the specialisation is Italian-spoken.
Programme
The flexible specialization in Italian Language and Linguistics helps you to apply and further refine the linguistic research methods and skills acquired during the BA. The Italian-spoken specialisation offers you a number of courses on both Italian and Italian dialects. For this, you study Italian as a language of Europe from a typological, historical and sociolinguistic point of view.
You are free to combine these courses with other courses in the broad MA in Linguistics. This gives you the flexibility to combine papers as well, so as to study, for instance, the language used in literature or the literature in vernacular.
As we have strong ties with the linguistic community, you have a broad choice of original topics for your final thesis, ranging from language acquisition to the sociolinguistics of Italian, to formal syntax, or the phonology and morphology of the language.
You are certain to raise your command of the Italian language to a higher level, as all courses, papers and presentations are in Italian. This includes the MA thesis, which you will write during the second half of the second semester.
