Spanish Linguistics - 1st semester
Code
711131022
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Ana Maria Lavadinho Madeira
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
(a) To learn to discover autonomously how a linguistic approach may contribute towards a better knowledge of a foreign language.
(b) To acquire basic concepts of linguistics that will enhance the knowledge developed in the Spanish Language course.
(c) To acquire explicit knowledge of the structures and grammatical rules of Spanish.
(d) To explore phonetic, phonological, morphosyntactic, lexical, semantic, pragmatic and discourse data, using the students’ own knowledge of the language as a point of departure.
(e) To develop awareness of the differences found, on the one hand, between Spanish and other languages, and, on the other hand, among different varieties of Spanish.
Prerequisites
n/a
Subject matter
1. Introductory concepts.
2. Phonetic and phonological properties of Spanish.
3. Morphology: word structure and processes of word formation. Verbal and nominal inflection. Characteristics of some word classes.
4. The lexicon and sentence structure
5. Description of some forms and constructions specific to Spanish: syntactic, semantic and pragmatic properties.
6. Dialectal varieties in Spain and Hispanic America. Spanish in contact with other national languages.
Bibliography
AZEVEDO, M. (2009) Introducción a la Lingüistica Española, 3ª ed. Prentice Hall.
BOSQUE, I. & V. DEMONTE (1999) Gramática Descriptiva de la Lengua Española. Madrid: Espasa.
HUALDE, J. I., A. Olarrea & E. O´Rourke (orgs.) (2012) The Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell.
HUALDE, J. I., A. Olarrea, A. M. Escobar, C. E. Travis (2010) Introducción a la Lingüística Hispánica (2ª ed.). Cambridge University Press.
HUALDE, J. I. (2005) The Sounds of Spanish. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
KING, L. D. & M. Suñer (2007) Gramática Española: Análisis y Práctica. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
MAR-MOLINERO, C. (1997) The Spanish-Speaking World: A Practical Introduction to Sociolinguistic Issues. Routledge.
MARQUEZ REITER, R. & M.-H. PLACENCIA (2005) Spanish Pragmatics. Palgrave Macmillan.
PALACIOS, A. (coord.) El Español en América: Contactos Lingüísticos en Hispanoamérica. Barcelona: Editorial Ariel.
Teaching method
Theoretical sessions (60%), with presentation of the various topics of the syllabus by the lecturer and a strong interactive component. The practical component (40%) includes the description and analysis of linguistic data, and problem solving.
In class teaching
Evaluation method
(a) Two in-class exercise sets (30%)
(b) One written test covering the whole sylabus (50%)
(c) Group assignment (to be presented orally) (20%)