The course focuses on the theory of language policy and planning in Europe and outside Europe, with particular reference to Italy. In this regard, real-world situations in European and Italian contexts will be discussed, of which both the historical roots of language policy choices and the application of language planning are analyzed.

The course is divided into three parts.
The first section introduces the general language planning principles, terminology and history.
The second section discusses some exemplary cases of political events in Italian history in which the linguistic dimension has been significantly involved. Similar cases in the context of European and extra-European political history, up to present day, will be presented and discussed as well.
A final section will deal with the problems of nondiscriminatory language policies in administration.

By the end of the course, students will be able to understand and discuss the main issues involved in language policy manoeuvres and the complexity of factors involved in language planning decisions at local, national and international level.

Students will be guided to an in-depth reading of the topics and will be given the opportunity to develop their skills in the analysis and synthesis of theoretical and methodological issues.

1) PIZZOLI L. (2018) La politica linguistica in Italia: dall’unificazione dello stato nazionale al dibattito sull’internazionalizzazione, Roma, Carocci
2) IANNACCARO G. - DELL'AQUILA V. (2004) La pianificazione linguistica. Lingue, società e istituzioni, Roma, Carocci
3) THORNTON A.M. (2022), Genere e igiene verbale: l’uso di forme con ə in italiano, Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 11 2022, pp. 11-54 (fornito in pdf dal docente)
4) THORNTON A.M. (2023), «Un mondo di uomini» e come cambiarlo, in M.E. Piemontese (a c. di), Il dovere costituzionale di farsi capire. A trent’anni dal Codice di stile, Roma, Carocci, pp. 212-236 (fornito in pdf dal docente).