Varieties of Portuguese

Code:

CL028

Acronym:

VPORT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Portuguese Lingustics

Instance: 2025/2026 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Language Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	0	study plan	2	-	6	41	162
LLC	0	Study plan	3	-	6	41	162
		study plan	3	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To reflect on the variation phenomenon as an inherent property of natural languages; to describe some aspects of linguistic variation in European Portuguese at various levels; to compare European Portuguese with the Portuguese spoken in Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe.

Learning outcomes and competences

 At the end of the curricular unit, students should: understand variation as an inherent property of natural languages; describe some aspects of linguistic variation in European Portuguese at various levels; compare European Portuguese with the Portuguese spoken in Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe at phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic levels.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. General issues about variation
1.1 The variation of languages in the world
1.2 Variation and change
1.3 Diatopic, diastratic and diaphasic variation

2. Main contemporary Portuguese dialects
2.1 Mainland European dialects
2.2 Insular European dialects

3. Some variation and change phenomena in contemporary European Portuguese
3.1 Linguistic change progress
3.2. Morphological, lexical, morphosyntactic, and syntactic variation

4. Brazilian Portuguese
4.1. Some phonetic features
4.1. Some morphosyntactic and syntactic properties

5. The situation of Portuguese language in Africa
5.1 Some morpho-syntactic and syntactic aspects of Angola Portuguese
5.2 Some morpho-syntactic and syntactic aspects of Mozambique Portuguese
5.3 Some morpho-syntactic and syntactic aspects of São Tomé and Príncipe Portuguese

Mandatory literature

Castro, Ivo; Introdução à História do Português, Colibri, 2006. ISBN: 972-772-676-3
Cristóvão, F. et alii (coord.); Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia, ACLUS, Lisboa, Texto Editores, 2005. ISBN: 972-47-2935-4
Cuesta, P. e Mendes da Luz, M.A.; Gramática da Língua Portuguesa (trad. port. do original espanhol de 1971), Edições 70, 1980. ISBN: não tem
Ferreira, M. B. et al.; “Variação linguística: perspectiva dialectológica”, in Faria, Isabel Hub et al. (orgs.) Introdução à Linguística geral e Portuguesa, pp. 479-502 , Caminho, Lisboa, 1996. ISBN: 972-21-1048-9
Gonçalves, P. ; “Aspectos da Sintaxe do Português de Moçambique”, in Faria, Isabel H. et al. (orgs.) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, pp. 313-322. , Caminho, Lisboa, 1996. ISBN: 972-21-1048-9
Inverno. L.; Angola’s transition to Vernacular Portuguese, Diss. de Mestrado, Universidade de Coimbra., 2005
Hagemeijer, T. ; O Português em contacto em África. In A. M. Martins & E. Carrilho (eds.) Manual de Linguística Portuguesa, 43-67., Berlom: Mouton de Gruyter., 2016
Luchesi, D. e T. Lobo; "Aspectos da Sintaxe do Português Brasileiro" in Faria, I. H. et al. (orgs.) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, pp. 303-311. , Caminho, Lisboa, 1996. ISBN: 972-21-1048-9
Mateus, M.H. e Bacelar do Nascimento, F. (orgs.); A Língua Portuguesa em Mudança, Caminho, Lisboa, 2005. ISBN: 972-21-1724-6
Mateus, M.H. e Cardeira, E. ; O Essencial sobre Língua Portuguesa. Norma e Variação, Caminho, Lisboa, 2007. ISBN: 978-972-21-1953-5
Raposo, E.P.; “Algumas observações sobre a noção de língua portuguesa”, Boletim de Filologia 29, p. 592., 1984
Raposo, E.P. et al ; Gramática do Português, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013. ISBN: ISBN 978-972-31-1457-7
SILVA, Rosa Virgínia Mattos e; “O português são dois (variação, mudança, norma e a questão do ensino do português no Brasil)”, in Duarte, Inês & Leiria, Isabel (orgs) Actas do Congresso Internacional sobre o Português, pp.375-401. , APL, Colibri, Lisboa, 1996. ISBN: 972-8288-36-0
Vários; Variação linguística, no espaço, no tempo e na sociedade, Actas do Encontro Regional da APL , Associação Portuguesa de Linguística / Edições Colibri, 1993. ISBN: 972-8047-73-8

Comments from the literature

During the semester, information concerning chapters and pages will be provided to students as well as other bibliographical references.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes; tutorials.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	100,00
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

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Two tests throughout the semester counting 50% each. Students must obtain 9,5 or more in each test. In the special cases in which the student only does final exam: 100%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the rules in force at FLUP.
Students with special status (Article 14) will have access
to the additional periods provided for by law and a 
specific attendance regime, with no other assessment model
alternative to those in force for other students.

Classification improvement

Only the exam is subjet to appeal or improvement of grades.