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2026-2027 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

ITAL 514 - History of the Italian Language

(3 units)

Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Examines the main developments in the transformation from Latin to Italian, and the debates on what constitutes the Italian language (questione della lingua) 1200 - present, including the contributions of Dante Alighieri, Machiavelli, Alessandro Manzoni, the Italian diaspora and recent immigration.

Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: ITAL 414