Latin II
Code
711091145
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
This semester, organized as the natural continuation of Latin I, aims to create appropriate skills for the understanding and translation of texts of epigraphy (inscriptions of Hispania) and Latin authors, presented in order of increasing difficulty.
a) To acquire knowledge of the Latin language in order to provide the reading and understanding of simple texts written in this language (50%).
b) To develop productive competence in Latin language allowing the use of lexical, morphological and syntactic in order to produce simple phrases. (15%)
c) To develop the connections between Latin and the Romance languages, particularly Portuguese, concerning both the fundamental lexicon and some morphological and syntactic structures. (10%)
d) To develop techniques and methods of textual analysis leading to the version of Latin into Portuguese (15%).
e) To acquire the minimum knowledge of history and Roman civilization which permit the understanding of the texts read (5%).
f) To connect elements of Roman civilization present in the texts analyzed and cultural practices still recognizable in the West culture. (5%)
Prerequisites
Latin I
Subject matter
Based on historical grammar, the study of morphology will focus on nominal inflection (adjectives) and in verbal flexion. In the domain of syntax, we intended to consolidate the functions of cases and progressively develop the study of hypotaxis, in particular the circumstantial and relative sentences (with indicative mood) and the infinitive sentences. The introduction to Lexicology converges to the knowledge of the formation of the words articulated with the story of the Romance languages.
1- Linguistic aspects
a)Phonetic: consolidation of the study started in the first semester; phonetic phenomena: more frequent apophony, vowel assimilation, apocope.
b)Morphology: the nominal inflection: adjectives and their degrees, pronouns and numerals; verbal flexion: notions of aspect and voice; the opposition infectum/perfectum; conclusion of the study of regular verbal flexion in the perfectum theme both in active and passive voices, and the verb sum; the formation of the theme of supine; deponent and semi-deponent verbs; invariable words: consolidation of study done in the previous semester; adverbs and their degrees; the subordinative conjunctions.
c)Syntax: the circumstantial complements (conclusion) and the passive agent; the ablative absolute; the subordinate propositions: temporal, causal, comparative, final, consecutive, concessive sentences; completive propositions: infinitive and conjunctional.
2- Lexicology and semantics: continuation of the study started in the previous semester; the primitive background of Latin vocabulary; the families of words.
3- Analysis and commented translation of original Latin proverbs, maxims and simple texts of Latin authors.
Bibliography
BOUET, P., CONSO, D., KERLOUEGAN, F., Initiation au système de la langue Latine, Paris, Nathan, 1991.
FARIA, Ernesto. Fonética histórica do latim. Rio de Janeiro, Livraria Académica, 1957. (Vide capítulo sobre pronúncia restaurada) [752 LGT]
HACQUARD, G. et alii. Guide romain antique. Paris, Hachette, 1999.
JONES, P., SIDWELL, K. Reading Latin (vol. I Grammar, vocabulary and exercises ; vol. II Text), Cambridge,Cambridge University Press, 2000.
MICHEL, J., Grammaire de base du Latin, Paris, Klincksieck, 1967.
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.