• Promotes a solid scientific education in its area, complemented by knowledge and subsidiary competences, as well as the possibility of organizing its own path through selected optional subjects;
• It is both centred in classic fundamental research objects in General and Theoretical Linguistics, as well as in Language-applied research, with a particular focus on the Portuguese Language;
• Has a THREE YEAR-length and it presents two alternative education paths: Linguistics and Portuguese as a foreign language.

The Language Sciences course’s object of study is:

• Verbal human language | Natural languages

• Linguistics
• Other areas depending on the chosen variant:
• Linguistics
• Languages
• Humanities, Social Sciences, Technological Sciences
• Languages | Portuguese Literature | Portuguese-Cultural Studies | History | Geography | Sociology | Humanities, Social Sciences

Objectives

• To describe grammar properties in natural languages;
• To apprehend the acquisition of mother and non-mother languages (L1 and L2);
• To characterize oral and written language processing;
• To study linguistic development disturbances;
• To analyse linguistic variation in time, space and in society.

Professional Abilities

• Linguistics variant
• To solve problems in areas such as phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, based on specific linguistic methods and techniques;
• To be able to elaborate a research work and to present it, using general exposition and argument principles in Linguistics;
• To acquire basic linguistic knowledge which may allow the contact with other applied areas, in which Linguistics might be an important research and/or application auxiliary, such as, for instance, computational applications, issues regarding cognitive knowledge, publishing and text edition.

• Portuguese as a non-mother language variant
• To apply fundamental Linguistics/ Language Sciences knowledge to activities regarding the Portuguese language;
• To acquire an updated education in Language Sciences in order to know how to regulate the use of communication language as an essential part of human nature;
• To relate a depth knowledge on the Portuguese language with a broader knowledge of the cultural, literary, historical and geographical contexts;
• To achieve a Masters in Portuguese so as to come to teach it to other language speakers (mother and foreign languages) or to exercise activities regarding Portuguese consulting in L2 Portuguese environments.

Employment Prospects

• Integration in research groups;
• Access to post-graduate degrees;
• Teaching of Portuguese as a non-mother language;
• Didactic material production for the teaching of Portuguese as a foreign language;
• Public relations;
• Linguistics consulting;
• Cultural dynamization;

Information

• National exams: Portuguese
• Main study areas: Linguistics and Portuguese as a foreign language
• Official information on the graduation (DGES)
• Programme statistics (DGES)

• Over 23 years old
• Transfer from other institutions/ courses
• Readmission
• Holders of Other Higher Education Degrees

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