Portuguese Linguistics
Code
722131095
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Formação ao Longo da Vida
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Maria Teresa Brocardo
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
To acquire and deepen explicit knowledge on Portuguese.
To be acquainted with the basic concepts of linguistic analysis.
To identify Portuguese distinctive features (phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic).
To be acquainted with the methodologies appropriate to linguistic description.
To characterize Portuguese main varieties, within distinct geographical, social and political contexts.
To identify shared and distinctive features of those varieties and to connect them to historical, geographical and social conditioning factors.
Prerequisites
N/A
Subject matter
1. Introduction
Portuguese around the world: varieties, dialects, norms. ; native and non-native speakers; language contact
An historical perspective
2. Oral vs. written uses
Phonological description some European Portuguese processes
Portuguese ortography general description
3. Morphology
Nominal and verbal inflexion paradigms and processes
Word-formation - categories and processes
4. Syntax and semantics
Syntactic categories / word classes
Sentence structure and syntactic functions
Coordination and subordination processes
Nominal expressions and reference
Verb forms and constructions tense / aspect / mood marking; verbal and non-verbal markers
5. Contemporary Portuguese unity and variation
European Portuguese dialects (general description)
Some contrasting features of the European and Brazilian varieties
African varieties some characteristic features
Bibliography
Duarte, Inês 2000. Língua Portuguesa. Instrumentos de Análise. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta
Faria, Isabel., E. Pedro, I. Duarte & C. Gouveia (orgs.) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa. Lisboa: Caminho
Mateus, Maria Helena M. et al. 20035. Gramática da Língua Portuguesa. Lisboa: Caminho
Peres, João Andrade & Telmo Móia. 1995. Áreas Críticas da Língua Portuguesa. Lisboa: Caminho
Raposo, Eduardo Paiva et al. 2013. Gramática do Português. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Teaching method
The CU is weekly organized. Each teaching component includes: video-classes (topics and examples description, etc.); other resources and tools (videos, schemas, syntheses, etc.); bibliography.
All the available resources and tools as well as the contact with the teachers will have the Moodle platform as interface.
Evaluation method
(Short) exercises: 1 for each teaching unit.
Final exam.