Spanish Linguistics
Code
711131022
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Ana Maria Lavadinho Madeira
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
(a) To develop awareness of the ways in which adopting a scientific approach to language may contribute towards a better knowledge of a foreign language.
(b) To acquire basic concepts of linguistics that will enhance the knowledge developed in the course of Spanish Language.
(c) To acquire explicit knowledge of the structures and grammatical rules of Spanish. (d) To explore phonetic, phonological, morphosyntactic, lexical, semantic, pragmatic and sociolinguistic data, using the theoretical knowledge acquired in the course as a point of departure.
(e) To develop awareness of the differences between varieties of Spanish.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1. Introductory concepts
2. Phonetic and phonological properties of Spanish
3. Morphological aspects: word structure and processes of word formation
4. Lexicon and syntactic structure
5. Description of some forms and constructions specific to Spanish: syntactic, semantic and discourse properties
Bibliography
AZEVEDO, M. (2009) Introducción a la Lingüistica Española, 3ª ed. Prentice Hall.
AZEVEDO, M. (2009) Student Workbook for Introducción a la Lingüística Española. Prentice Hall, 3ª ed.
BOSQUE, I. & V. DEMONTE (1999) Gramática Descriptiva de la Lengua Española. Madrid: Espasa.
ESCANDELL VIDAL, M. V. (1995) Los complementos del nombre. Madrid: Arco Libros, S.L.
HUALDE, J. I. (2005) The Sounds of Spanish. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
HUALDE, J. I., A. Olarrea & E. O´Rourke (eds.) (2012) The Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell.
HUALDE, J. I., A. Olarrea, A. M. Escobar, C. E. Travis (2010) Introducción a la Lingüística Hispánica (2ª ed.). Cambridge University Press.
KING, L. D. & M. Suñer (2007) Gramática Española: Análisis y Práctica. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
MARQUEZ REITER, R. & M.-H. PLACENCIA (2005) Spanish Pragmatics. Palgrave Macmillan.
Teaching method
Theoretical sessions (60%), with presentation of the various topics of the syllabus by the lecturer and a strong interactive component. The practical component (40%) includes the description and analysis of linguistic data, and problem solving. Tutorial supervision of the final project.
Evaluation method
Assessment:
(a) Three take-home exercise sets (20%)
(b) Final project on a topic covered in the syllabus (30%)
(c) Written test covering the whole of the syllabus (50%)