Spanish Linguistics
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Spanish Linguistics |
Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Espanhol
Objectives
Students are aimed to acquire enough knowledge about Spanish morphology, syntax and pragmatics, so that they can compare them to similar aspect in the Portuguese language. The main aim is that students develop skills that enable them to identify structures that differ between Spanish and Portuguese, so that they can communicate in Spanish reducing as much as possible any linguistic transference.
Program
1. Morphology aspects.
1.1. The name. Number, gender and article morphemes.
1.2. The pronouns. Personal pronouns: substantive and clitics; leism, lais and loism; ways of addressing people.
1.2. The verb. Modes and Tenses; Uses. Systematization of irregularities.
2. Syntax themes.
2.1. The simple sentence. The subject; the direct complement; the prepositional object; the indirect complement; the circumstantial complement; the attribute; the predicative.
2.2. The complex sentence. Hipotaxis: substantive subordinates; finals; conditionals; concessives; temporals.
3. Pragmatics themes.
3.1. Discursive operators.
3.2. Informative functions: theme and rheme; thematization; focalization; topics.
Mandatory literature
Alarcos Llorach, Emilio; Estudios de gramática funcional del español, Madrid: Gredos, 1999. ISBN: 978-84-249-0767-9
Alarcos Llorach, Emilio ; Gramática de la lengua española, Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 2000. ISBN: 978-84-239-7840-3
Alcina Franch, Juan & José Manuel Blecua; Gramática española, Barcelona: Ariel, 2001. ISBN: 978-84-344-8344-6
Bosque, Ignacio & Violeta Demonte (dirs.); Gramática descriptiva de la lengua española, Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 1999. ISBN: 978-84-239-7917-2. 3 vols.
Fuentes Rodríguez, Catalina & Esperanza R. Alcaide Lara; La argumentación Lingüística y sus medios de expresión, Madrid: Arco/Libros, 2007. ISBN: 978-84-7635-675-3
Fuentes Rodríguez, Catalina; Lingüística pragmática y análisis del discurso, Madrid: Arco/Libros, 2000. ISBN: 978-84-7635-421-6
Gutiérrez Ordóñez, Salvador ; Forma y sentido en sintaxis, Madrid: Arco/Libros, 2002. ISBN: 978-84-7635-525-1
Gutiérrez Ordóñez, Salvador; La oración y sus funciones, Madrid: Arco/Libros, 1997. ISBN: 978-84-7635-283-0
Gutiérrez Ordóñez, Salvador; Principios de sintaxis funcional, Madrid: Arco/Libros, 1997. ISBN: 978-84-7635-282-3
Gutiérrez Ordóñez, Salvador; Temas, remas, focos, tópicos y comentarios, Madrid: Arco/Libros, 2000. ISBN: 978-84-7635-268-7
Jiménez Juliá, Tomás ; Aproximación al estudio de las funciones informativas, Málaga: Agora, 1986. ISBN: 978-84-85698-25-7
Matte Bon, Francisco; Gramática comunicativa del español, Madrid: Edelsa, 1995. ISBN: 978-84-7711-104-7
Real Academia Española; Nueva gramática de la lengua española, Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 2009. ISBN: 978-84-670-3207-9. 2 vols.
Teaching methods and learning activities
Theoric and practical lessons.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
Attendance (estimated) |
Participação presencial |
56,00 |
|
|
|
Exame |
2,00 |
|
2010-12-17 |
|
Trabalho escrito |
31,00 |
|
2010-12-17 |
|
Total: |
- |
0,00 |
|
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
End date |
|
Estudo autónomo |
73 |
2010-12-17 |
|
Total: |
73,00 |
|
Eligibility for exams
Frequency of 75% of lessons, except in cases considered by the law.
Calculation formula of final grade
Reading report or investigation project – 30%; exam – 70%.
Examinations or Special Assignments
Not applicable
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.
Classification improvement
In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.