Language Functioning - 1st semester
Code
722131085
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Alexandra Fiéis
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Expected learning outcomes:
i) the ability to use the adequate tools for linguistic analysis and description;
ii) the ability to use the adequate terminology for describing grammatical knowledge;
iii) the ability to describe fundamental aspects of the Portuguese language, including phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic aspects;
iv) the ability to apply, in a critical manner, the acquired knowledge to the analysis of new linguistic forms.
Prerequisites
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. textual cohesion and coherence
Bibliography
Campos, Maria Henriqueta Costa e Maria Francisca Xavier. 1991. Sintaxe e Semântica do Português. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.
Duarte, Inês. 2000. Língua Portuguesa: Instrumentos de Análise. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.
Faria, Isabel Hub, Emília
Mateus, Maria Helena, A. M. Brito, I. Duarte, I. H. Faria et al. 2003. Gramática da Língua Portuguesa. Lisboa: Caminho.
Mateus, Maria Helena, Isabel Falé e Maria João Freitas. 2005. Fonética e Fonologia do Português. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.
Martins, Ana Maria & E. Carrilho (eds). Manual de Linguística Portuguesa. Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter.
Raposo, Eduardo Paiva et al (eds). 2013. Gramática do Português. Lisboa: FCG.
Villalva, Alina. 2008. Morfologia do Português. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.
Teaching method
The seminars will have both a theoretical and a practical component. The practical work involves the comparative analysis of different grammar descriptions, and data analysis, in such a way as to enable student to draw conclusions, make descriptive generalizations, and develop argumentation skills. The following activities will be proposed: observation and analysis of linguistic data, and problem solving exercises.
Evaluation method
At the end of the unit, a written exam will enable a global evaluation.