Saussure e grida

Il gergo giovanile non è una lingua sgangherata, né un segno di decadenza culturale. È una tecnologia sociale molto sofisticata che nasce in un momento preciso dello sviluppo umano: l’adolescenza. In questa puntata parliamo di giovani, di cervelli in crescita e di gergo giovanile e vediamo perché il linguaggio in questa fase diventa uno strumento potentissimo per negoziare identità, appartenenza ed esclusione.  

Grafiche: Gianluca La Bruna

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FONTI: ·      
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Devi affrontare l’esame di Linguistica Generale e non sai da dove partire? Saussure e Grida ha imbastito una serie proprio per te.
In Sopravvivere all’esame di Linguistica Generale vediamo come affrontare tutti gli step del corso senza affogare.
Nella prima puntata:
cosa sono linguaggio, lingua e uso linguistico
la figata della doppia articolazione
come la linguistica studia il linguaggio con un approccio scientifico e descrittivo (non prescrittivo)
Concetti chiave spiegati in modo chiaro e con un tono un po' cazzone per aiutarti a superare l'esame.
Pensato per studenti di lettere o lingue, ma anche per chiunque abbia la curiosità di capire come funziona il linguaggio umano.

Grafiche: Gianluca La Bruna
La sigla è stata prodotta da White Hot e fornita da https://freebeats.io

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Il Pirahã. Lingua remota e parlata da pochissime persone, eppure capace di scatenare dibattiti infuocati nella comunità linguistica. Tra assurdità sintattiche, ricorsività, sistema numerico e controversie nate dalle ricerche di Dan Everett, ci chiediamo se davvero il Pirahã sia un caso più unico che raro tra le lingue del mondo.  

Grafiche: Gianluca La Bruna

La sigla è stata prodotta da White Hot e fornita da https://freebeats.io

FONTI:
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Cosa succede prima delle riprese di un film, quando tutto è ancora solo parola?
In questa puntata parliamo della lingua della sceneggiatura insieme a Francesca Detti, sceneggiatrice, produttrice e cofondatrice dei Licaoni, autrice di webserie pluripremiate, di fumetti e di teatro.
Francesca ci racconta cosa significa scrivere per il cinema: cos’è davvero una sceneggiatura, come si relaziona allo storyboard, quanto può cambiare tra pagina e schermo, e soprattutto come funzionano i dialoghi, come fanno a essere spontanei pur essendo scritti, cosa rende un dialogo credibile, e come la lingua può costruire un personaggio. Francesca affronta anche questioni come l’uso del dialetto nel linguaggio cinematografico, le pause, i sottotesti, e tutte quelle minuscole scelte linguistiche che sorreggono un intero film.

Grafiche: Gianluca La Bruna
La sigla è stata prodotta da White Hot e fornita da https://freebeats.io  

CONSIGLI DI LETTURA:
Age (2021). Scriviamo un film. Manuale di sceneggiatura. Milano: il Saggiatore.
Cecchi d’Amico, S. (2023). Storie di cinema (e d'altro) raccontate a Margherita D'Amico. Milano: Bompiani.
Fargeat, C. (2020). The substance. Sceneggiatura. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10T08jdsSRR9WLvAqI2dIjCoLvYroAHaM/view
Field S. (1991). La sceneggiatura. Il film sulla carta. Milano: Lupetti.
King S. (2001). On writing. Autobiografia di un mestiere. Milano: Sperling & Kupfer.
Mamet D. (2010). I tre usi del coltello. Saggi e lezioni sul cinema. Roma: Minimum fax.
McKee R. (2010). Story. Contenuti, struttura, stile, principi per la sceneggiatura e per l'arte di scrivere storie. Roma: Omero Editore.
Seger L. (2004). Come scrivere una grande sceneggiatura. Roma: Dino Audino editore.
Snyder B. (2005) Save the cat. Manuale di sceneggiatura, Roma: Omero Editore.
Truby, J. (2009). Anatomia di una storia. I ventidue passi che strutturano un grande script. Roma: Dino Audino editore.

Cosa succede alla lingua madre quando ci trasferiamo in un paese straniero, parliamo un’altra lingua tutti i giorni e l’italiano si prende una pausa? In questa puntata esploriamo il fenomeno dell’attrito linguistico: dai meccanismi cognitivi al ruolo dell’identità emotiva, passando per casi reali e studi scientifici. Spoiler: anche se la tua lingua madre si rincoglionisce, non è mai sparita del tutto.  

Grafiche: Gianluca La Bruna

La sigla è stata prodotta da White Hot e fornita da https://freebeats.io  

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