Contrastive Linguistics

Code:

LLC132

Acronym:

LC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	German Linguistics

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	No
Web Page:	https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/pt/ucurr_adm.ficha_uc_edit?pv_ocorrencia_id=411142
Responsible unit:	Department of Germanic Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LLC	0	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
			2
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

With this course it is intended that students know how to detect specific features of the German language and their correspondence to the Portuguese: These specificities belong to different levels of language

Learning outcomes and competences

Through the comparison of various types of texts of various levels of difficulty, students are faced with some peculiarities of functioning of both language systems (Portuguese and German). Comparing some dimensions, such as the use of time, the verbal aspect, sentence construction, modal particles, and characteristics of the use of the German language with their corresponding forms of European Portuguese, students may become aware for certain specificities of each system language, which may facilitate both the translation process ( from L2 to L1) and verbal production in L2.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

student should have accomplished the level A2 of German.

Program

1. Constrastive Linguistics: definition and objectives


2. Methdology: an example


3. Word formation


4. Sentence construction


5. Verbal time


6. Passive and active voice


7. Aspect


8. Modal particles, conversacional particles (signals/markers)


9. Prosody


10. Language and culture

Mandatory literature

Engel, Ulrich ; Deutsche Grammatik , 1998
Franco António Capataz; Descrição linguística das partículas modais no português e no alemão

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lessons will be partially expositive during the presentation of the theoretical background referred in the program.

 

The theoretical subjects presented in the expositive lessons will be afterwards identified, explained and discussed on the basis of different types of texts.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Comparative linguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	30,00
Teste	30,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Studentes should have a positive classification in every evaluation item

Calculation formula of final grade

tests and written works = 80%

exercises and active participation in class = 20 %

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

according to the norms of the FLUP

Classification improvement

according to the norms of the FLUP