To ensure the acquisition of the competences necessary to undertake scientific research in the field of linguistics in its historical, theoretical and applied perspectives, with specific attention to the languages of Europe, both modern and ancient. In particular, the basic knowledge, which is assumed to have already been acquired, will be completed in the areas listed below, and in one of them a deeper understanding at an advanced level will be specifically reached: theoretical linguistics (also in its historical perspective), historical and/or synchronic description of one or more European languages or of their dialects, typology of linguistic contact and of language and culture conflicts, processes of second language acquisition, problems of language teaching, clinical application of theoretical linguistics.
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