Portuguese Grammar
Code
711131067
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
António Henrique Albuquerque Emiliano, Clara Nunes Correia, Helena Topa Valentim, Maria do Céu Caetano
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
To be able to:
a) identify different models and components of grammar;
b) describe the main characteristics of sounds, words, sentences, utterances and texts in the Portuguese language;
c) understand the functioning of Portuguese through the analysis of observable data;
d) identify and describe distinctive features of Portuguese grammar.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1. Grammar and grammars: a. Portuguese grammars - perspectives and models; b. linguistic levels of grammatical analysis; c. standard Portuguese and non-standard varieties;
2. Phonetics and phonology of Portuguese: a. articulatory phonetics classification; b. phonological processes; c. prosodic aspects of Portuguese and syllable structure;
3. Morphology: a. lexicon; b. inflection, derivation and compounding in Portuguese; c. semantic properties of the lexicon;
4. Syntax: sentence structure and grammatical functions: a. word classes and syntactic functions; b. sentence typology and syntactic constructions;
5. Semantics: nominal and verbal reference; a. reference expressions; b. anaphora and deixis; c. tense, aspect and modality in Portuguese;
6. Pragmatics: verbal interaction principles and speech acts typology;
7. Topics in Portuguese Grammar - case studies.
Bibliography
BROCARDO, Mª Teresa (2014). Tópicos de História da Língua Portuguesa. Lisboa: Colibri.
CAMPOS, Mª Henriqueta Costa & Mª Francisca Xavier (1991). Sintaxe e Semântica do Português. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.
CUNHA, Celso & Luis Filipe Lindley CINTRA (1984). Nova Gramática do Português Contemporâneo. Lisboa: Ed. J. Sá da Costa.
DUARTE, Inês (2000). Língua Portuguesa. Instrumentos de Análise. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.
MATEUS, Mª Helena Mira et al. (2003). Gramática da Língua Portuguesa. Lisboa: Caminho.
MATEUS, Mª Helena Mira et al. (2005). Fonética e Fonologia do Português. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.
RAPOSO, Eduardo et al. (orgs) (2013). Gramática do Português. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
VILLALVA, Alina (2008). Morfologia do Português. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.
Teaching method
This curricular unit is of a theoretical-practical nature. Thus, based on an initial schedule, a balanced combination of theoretical and practical classes is planned. At the beginning of the semester this information will be made available to students. To assess learning, 3 classroom tests (short quizzes) will be given, the aim being to assess the learning of the different programme modules. These tests will have a weighting of 45% in the total evaluation for the unit. Different types of autonomous work will also be proposed. These works, which are not mandatory, will support the work in class.
Evaluation method
The weighting of the work carried out will be 15% of the final grade. Lastly, there will be a final exam with a weighting of 40%.