Grammatical Knowledge
Code
722170068
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Maria Sousa Lobo Gonçalves
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To describe the grammars of languages on the basis of speakers implicit and explicit knowledge.
b) To identify the mechanisms of analysis necessary for the description of the grammars of languages.
c) To integrate the different theoretical models for linguistic analysis into the description of languages.
d) To validate, with recourse to empirical data, the concepts of grammaticality, ungrammaticality and acceptability in the production and comprehension of language sequences.
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Subject matter
1. Language and languages
2. Grammatical description: theoretical models and tools for analysis
3. The components of the grammar
4. The grammar of Portuguese:
4.1. Sounds: segments, phonological processes and syllable structure.
4.2. Words:
4.2.1. word classes
4.2.2. word constituents
4.2.3. word formation and word coinage
4.2.4. semantic relations between words
4.3. Sentences:
4.3.1. sentence structure; simple and complex sentences
4.3.2. agreement processes
4.3.3. word order
4.4. Utterances, discourses and texts:
4.4.1. the construction of nominal reference
4.4.2. tense, aspect and modality
4.4.3. speech acts and conversational maxims
4.4.4. textual cohesion and coherence
5. Interactions between different components of the grammar.
Bibliography
Duarte, Inês (2000) Língua Portuguesa: instrumentos de análise. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.
Faria, Isabel et al (2006) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa. Lisboa: Caminho, 2ª edição.
Mateus, Maria Helena et al (2003) Gramática da Língua Portuguesa. Lisboa: Caminho.
Raposo, Eduardo P. et al., orgs. (2013) Gramática do Português. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (2 vols).
Teaching method
The seminar includes expository classes, but also practical work, involving the comparison between different grammars and descriptive works, and data analysis, that enables the student to draw conclusions, make descriptive generalizations, and develop argumentation skills.
Evaluation method
The evaluation will be based on: i) a review of a book or book chapter (20%); ii) exercises and problem solving work (40%); iii) a written final exam (40%).