Representation of Spoken and Written Language - 1st semester
Code
711131048
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Maria Teresa Brocardo
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. To understand the fundamental differences between the spoken and the written registers (primary vs. secondary linguistic uses).
2. To identify and to describe the (main) distinctive features inherent to spoken and written linguistic uses.
3. To understand the notions of representation (of speech and writing) transcription, ´writing system´, orthography, a. o.
4. To differentiate writing units on the basis of the type of linguistic units which they represent.
5. To characterize distinct writing systems.
6. To get acquainted with some speech representation and transcription conventions.
7. To characterize the Portuguese orthography.
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Subject matter
1. Speech and writing - the fundamental distinction of two types of linguistic registers: acquisition / learning, (non) universality, variation / standardization.
2. Language representation - some basic notions and conventions: representation of units and structures from different linguistic levels and of synchronic and diachronic processes.
3. Speech transcription: systems, resources and tools.
4. Writing systems: characterization and typologies.
5. Portuguese orthography: historical perspective; criteria and bases of the current ortography.
Bibliography
Coulmas, Florian. 2003. Writing Systems. An Introduction to their linguistic analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Daniels, Peter T. & William Bright (eds.). 1996. The Worlds Writing Systems. New York: Oxford University Press
Louwerse, M. M. et al. 2004. Variation in language and cohesion across written and spoken registers. In K. Forbus, D. Gentner & T. Regier (eds.) Proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, pp. 843-848
Sampson, Geoffrey. 2015. Writing systems (2nd edition). Sheffield: Equinox
The world Atlas of Language Structures online. Chapter Writing systems: http://wals.info/chapter/141
Veloso, João. 2005. A língua na escrita e a escrita da língua. Algumas considerações gerais sobre transparência e opacidade fonémicas na escrita do português e outras questões. In Da Investigação às Práticas. Estudos de Natureza Educacional. Lisboa: ESE de Lisboa. Vol. VI, Nº 1, pp. 49-69
Teaching method
Class sessions include both theoretical / descriptive and practical approaches. Regular attendance is strongly advised. Class sessions include: extensive presentation and explanation of course topics; analyses of examples; exercises (representation, transcription, problem solving, etc.)
Evaluation method
Assessment
Problem-solving and exercises in practical class-sessions (25%), take-home exercises (15%); one written test (60%).