Spanish Linguistics

Code:

LA018

Acronym:

LINESP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Spanish Linguistics

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	17	LA - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
LLC	25	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	52	162
			3

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.

Learning outcomes and competences

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.

Working method

B-learning

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

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	83,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	25,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

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.