Syntactic and Semantic Structures in Portuguese II
Instance: 2009/2010 - 2S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. Consolidation and development of syntactic knowledge in particular some complex sentences;
2. Learning of new ways of looking at some semantic aspects of Portuguese taking into account the semantics of words like nouns or the semantics of tense, aspect and mood and their influence at sentence and discourse levels.
Program
I. NOUN AND NOUN PHRASE
1.Names and nouns. Semantic types of nouns.
2.Nominal reference and nominal quantification.
3.The syntactic structure of noun phrases.
4.Some remarks on genericity.
II. SUBORDINATION
1.Relative clauses: syntactic and semantic characterization.
1.1.Restrictive relative clauses
1.2.Noun Phrase and sentence appositive relative clauses.
1.3. Free relative clauses.
1.4.Mood in relative clauses.
2.Complement clauses
2.1.Complement clauses selected by nouns, adjectives and verbs.
2.2. Finite complement clauses in Subject and complement position
2.3. Mood selection in finite complement clauses
2.4. Non finite complement clauses.
2.5.The inflected infinitive.
2.6.Tense in complement clauses.
III. COORDINATION
1.Nucleus, phrase and sentence coordination.
2.Syndetic and asyndetic coordination
3.Binary and multiple coordination
4.Coordination and agreement
5.Coordination nexus and main connectors
Mandatory literature
BECHARA, E; Moderna Gramática Portuguesa, 37ª edição revista e ampliada, Rio de Janeiro, Editora Lucerna,, 1999
LOPES, O. ; Gramática Simbólica do Português (um esboço),, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2ª edição, 1972
NEVES, M. H. M; Gramática de Usos do Português, S. Paulo, UNESP, 1999
OLIVEIRA, F.; "Semântica" in Faria, I. H., Pedro, E. R., Duarte, I., Gouveia, C. (orgs.) – Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, Lisboa, Caminho, 1996, pp.247- 302
LYONS, J. ; Semantics, vols. 1 e 2, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1977
DUARTE, I. e BRITO, A.M; “Sintaxe” in Faria, I. H., Pedro, E. R., Duarte, I., Gouveia, C. (orgs.) – Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, Lisboa, Caminho, 1996, pp.247- 302
CUNHA, C. e L. F. LINDLEY CINTRA ; Nova gramática do Português Contemporâneo, Lisboa, Ed. João Sá da Costa, 1984
MATEUS, M. H. et alia ; Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa, Caminho, Série Linguística, 2003
Teaching methods and learning activities
Some classes will consist of theoretical presentations on the program topics and others will have practical exercises.
keywords
Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Grammar
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
Attendance (estimated) |
Participação presencial |
56,00 |
|
|
Written test |
Exame |
2,00 |
|
|
Written test |
Exame |
2,00 |
|
|
Exam |
Exame |
2,00 |
|
|
|
Total: |
- |
0,00 |
|
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
End date |
Study/exercices |
Estudo autónomo |
100 |
|
|
Total: |
100,00 |
|
Eligibility for exams
75% presence in the classes, except in the cases admited by law.
Calculation formula of final grade
1st test: 50%
2nd test: 50%
In case the students only do final examination: 100%
Examinations or Special Assignments
Not applicable.
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Not applicable.
Classification improvement
according to FLUP regulations.