Latin I
Code
711091144
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Inês Ornellas Andrade Castro
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
It is our main purpose that by the end of this introductory semester students have acquired the indispensable knowledge of morphological, phonetic, and syntax that allow the understanding of the structure of this matrix language.
a) To acquire knowledge of the structure of the Latin language to provide the understanding and, subsequently, the reading of enunciations as simple as maxims and proverbs. (50%)
b) To acquire skills to master basic lexical, morphological and syntactic structures that allow the production of simple phrases. (25%)
c) To establish relationships between the Latin and the Romance languages, particularly Portuguese, concerning both the fundamental lexicon and some morphological and syntactic structures. (20%)
d) To connect elements of Roman civilization present in the texts analyzed and cultural practices still recognizable in the West culture. (5%)
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
Students will be given the rudiments necessary to understand the structure of Latin language, starting with an overview of the evolution in space and time, since the Indo-European matrices until the historically documented Latin. The emphasis on linguistic aspects will be put in context in the light of historical grammar. In the field of Phonetics, the study of the pronunciation will provide a more natural introduction to the elements of Prosody and phonetic phenomena. Morphology will explore the basics of theme, characteristic, root, and case, later the focus will be on nominal and verbal inflections. Syntax is circumscribed to the functions of cases in simple sentences as maxims and proverbs.
1- Linguistic aspects:
a)History of the Latin language: the Indo-European matrix, Latin and the major Italic groups; the structure of Latin and the fixation of the cases.
b)Phonetics: the Latin alphabet and its development; differences in pronunciations of Latin, Latin Prosody elements. Vowel and syllabic quantities, accentuation rules, the basic phonetic phenomena: ablaut, rhotacism, assimilation, the dissimilation, the crasis and syncope.
c)Morphology: notions of lexeme, morpheme, root, theme, characteristic and case; the gender, number and case; the nominal flexion of the substantive; verbal flexion: categories of voice, mood, aspect, tense, people; invariable words: prepositions, adverbs, conjunctions, interjections, conjunctions and coordinative purposes and some subordinate conjunctions (with indicative mood).
d)Syntax: the syntax of the cases, the order of words in the proposition, the Latin phrase: simple and independent propositions and the parataxis.
2- Lexicology: Degrees of root alternation in the formation of some words.
3- Analysis and commented translation of original Latin proverbs and maxims.
Bibliography
COLLART, J., Histoire de la langue latine. Col. Que sais-je?, Paris, P.U.F.,1970.
FARIA, Ernesto. Fonética histórica do latim. Rio de Janeiro, Livraria Académica, 1957. (Vide capítulo sobre pronúncia restaurada) [752 LGT]
MAROUZEAU, J. La prononciation du latin. Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1980. [1595 LGT]
MEILLET, A. Esquisse dune histoire de la langue latine. Paris, hachette, 1952. [1045 LL]
ROCHA PEREIRA, M. H. Estudos de história da cultura clássica. Cultura Romana (vol. II), Lisboa. F.C.G., 2002 (3ª ed.).
Obs. Quando existente, refere-se a cota da biblioteca da FCSH.
Teaching method
The classes will have a nature eminently theoretical-practical. A direct method with a progressive approach will be used.
Evaluation method
A system of continuous assessment without final exams will be adopted. The participation in classes, the homework (40%), the results of 2 frequencies (45%) and the attendance (15%) shall be taken into account.