Linguistics

Code:

CINF021

Acronym:

LING

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Language Sciences

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor of Arts in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CINF	65	Plano Oficial a partir de 2008/2009	1	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. acquisition of basic knowledge in linguistics;
2. acquisition of founded and accurate capability of reflection on languages, in particular the Portuguese;
3. mastery of fundamental aspects about the formation of words, their meaning and their relations;
4. mastery of the basics of syntax and semantics of sentences;
5. acquisition of comprehension and analysis skills of the principles of textual organization.

Program

1. Language knowledge and language use. Some conceptions of grammar.
2. Language change : diatopical, diastratic and diaphasic. The question of standard language.
3. About the Word
3.1. Simple and complex words.
3.2. Free morphemes and attached morphemes .
3.3. Basic morphological structure.
3.4. Processes of word formation: derivation and composition.
3.5. Some aspects of the internal structure of words.
3.6. Lexical and semantic properties.
3.7. Semantic relationships between words.
3.8. Proper nouns and common nouns. Nouns classes.
3.9. On the semantics of nouns.
3.10. Verbs classes. Remarks on the semantics of verbs.
3.11. About predication and semantic functions.
4. About Sentence
4.1. Basic syntactic categories. The structure of constituents.
4.2. Grammatical relations and word order.
4.3. Simple sentences and types of sentences.
5. About the text: linguistic aspects
5.1. The linguistic context and the situational context.
5.2. Different forms of textual cohesion.
5.3. Notes on textual coherence.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and practical classes.
Tutorial guidance of students in conducting research works on the program themes.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Trabalho escrito	44,00
	Exame	2,00
	Teste	60,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Positive mark in the final examination and the distributed assessment .

Calculation formula of final grade

To be matched with students at the beginning of the semester taking into account the current standards in FLUP.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to FLUP regulation

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese