Seminário de Ciências da Linguagem (not translated)
Code
711131079
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Clara Nunes Correia
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The main goals of seminar are:
1. To strengthen the students’ education in the domain of language sciences.
2. To prepare the students for the development of research in language sciences.
By the end of the seminar students should be able to:
3. Be acquainted with research methods and practices.
4. Write a paper on topic which relates distinct perspectives (preferential) with the purpose of answering the question ‘what can I do with what I have learned?’
Prerequisites
Subject matter
1. Language and natural languages.
2. Linguistic diversity: language families and typological perspectives.
3. Interdisciplinary perspectives and applications: linguistics and other sciences.
4. Data collection and data description; case studies.
Bibliography
Ender, A., A. Leemann & B. Wälchli (eds). 2008. Methods in Contemporary Linguistics. Berlin/ New York: De Gruyter Mouton.
Booth, W.C., G.G. Colomb & J. M. Williams. 2008. The craft of research. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press (3rd ed.)
Hartley, J.. 2008. Academic writing and publishing. A Practical Handbook. New York: Routledge.
Podesva, R. J. & D. Sharma (eds.). 2014. Research Methods in linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Teaching method
The seminar’s sessions are organized around the discussion of the topics of the syllabus. These allow for the diversification of the students’ work and for the progress of the teaching activities.
Evaluation method
The active participation of the students in the seminar’s sessions is therefore evaluated (20%) as well as their autonomous work (30%). The remaining 50% of the evaluation is reserved to the elaboration of a written essay on one of the studied topics.