Representation of Spoken and Written Language
Code
711131048
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Maria Teresa Brocardo
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
i. To understand the fundamental difference between the spoken and the written registers (primary vs. secondary linguistic uses).
ii. To identify and to describe the (main) distinctive features inherent to spoken and written linguistic uses.
iii. To understand the notions of representation (of speech and writting) transcription, orthography, a. o.
iv. To get acquainted with some speech representation / transcription systems.
v. To characterize distinct writing systems.
vi. To characterize the Portuguese orthography.
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Subject matter
1. Speech and writing: the fundamental distinction of two types of linguistic registers.
2. Language representation: some basic notions and conventions (representation of units and structures from different linguistic levels, synchronic and diachronic phenomena, etc.)
3. Speech transcription: systems, resources and tools.
4. Writing systems: characterization and typologies.
5. Portuguese orthography: historical perspective; criteria and bases.
Bibliography
ARAÚJO, Luís Manuel (coord.) (2000) A Escrita das Escritas. Lisboa: Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações.
CORNBLEET, Sandra & Ronald CARTER (2001) The Language of Speech and Writing. London: Routledge
DUARTE, Inês (2000) Língua Portuguesa. Instrumentos de Análise. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta
MATEUS, Maria Helena M. et al. (2005) Fonética e Fonologia do Português. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta
LOUWERSE, M. M. et al. (2004). Variation in language and cohesion across written and spoken registers. In K. Forbus, D. Gentner & T. Regier (Eds.) Proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, pp. 843-848
Teaching method
Class sessions include both theoretical / descriptive and practical approaches. Regular attendance is strongly advised. Class sessions include: extensive presentation and explanation of course topics; analyses of examples; exercises (representation, transcription, problem solving, etc.)
Evaluation method
Class exercises (25%), take-home exercises (15%) and one written test (60%).