Portuguese Grammar - 1st and 2nd semester
Code
711131067
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Joana Alexandra Vaz Teixeira, Joana Batalha, Maria do Céu Caetano, Susana Mesquita de Deus Correia
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To identify different grammar modules and different perspectives of grammatical analysis;
b) To describe the main characteristics of the sounds, words, sentences, utterances and texts in the Portuguese language;
c) To explain the functioning of Portuguese, through the analysis of observable data;
d) To Identify and describe distinctive characteristics of the Portuguese grammar.
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Subject matter
1. Grammar and grammars: knowledge of grammar and grammatical knowledge;
2. The main characteristics of the Portuguese Grammar:
2.1 the study of the sounds: articulatory phonetics classification; the structure of syllables; phonological aspects of Portuguese;
2.2 the study of words: lexical creativity and word formation; inflection, derivation and compounding in Portuguese;
2.3 the study of sentences: word classes, constituents and syntactic functions; clause typology and syntactic Portuguese constructions;
2.4 the sudy of meaning: nominal reference; tense, aspect and modality in Portuguese;
2.5 verbal interaction markers, discourse markers and textual cohesion and coherence;
3. Topics of Portuguese grammar – case studies.
Bibliography
CUNHA, Celso & Luís Filipe Lindley CINTRA. Nova Gramática do Português Contemporâneo. Lisboa: Ed. J. Sá da Costa, [1984] 2014 ( 21ª edição).
MATEUS, Maria Helena Mira et al. Gramática da Língua Portuguesa. Lisboa: Caminho, 2003.
RAPOSO, Eduardo et al. (orgs). Gramática do Português. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013.
Teaching method
This curricular unit is characterized by being a theoretical-practical one. Whenever possible, the teaching will be student-centered.
Based on an initial schedule, we foresee a balanced combination of theoretical and practical classes. At the beginning of the semester this information will be made available to students.
Evaluation method
As learning assessment, students will have to complete 2 take-home exercises, aiming at the assessement of different programmatic modules. These exercises will have a weighting of 20% in the total evaluation of the Unit. Different types of autonomous tasks will also be proposed. These tasks will support the work in class. The weighting of the tasks carried out will be 10% of the final grade.
Finally, the student will have to complete 2 mandatory tests in the class, with the weight of 35% each.