Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Seminário de Investigação (not translated)

Code

722131093

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

Prerequisites

We recommend knowledge of English and mastery of linguistic analysis.

Subject matter

Bibliography

Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb & Joseph M. Williams. 2008. The craft of research. Chiicago: The University of Chicago Press; 3ª ed.
Day, Robert A. & Barbara Castel. 2012. How to write and publish a scientific paper? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 7ª ed.
Hartley, James. 2008. Academic writing and publishing. A practical handbook. New York: Routledge.
Luey, Beth. 2010. Handbook for Academic Authors. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Podesva, R. J. & D. Sharma, eds. 2014. Research methods in linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Teaching method

Classes are both theoretical and practical, including the comparative analysis of different types of academic texts. under the supervision of the teacher, students shall prepare a research project (including a short summary, identification of relevant research questions, state of the art, methodology and expected outcomes).

Evaluation method

1) Written and oral presentation of a research project (70%);
2) Review of a scientific paper (30%).

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