Tool for Lingustic Analysis

Code:

MEAF013

Acronym:

IAL

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in African Studies

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEAF	0	Plano de estudos	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Teaching Language Portuguese Aims, Skills and Learning Outcomes 1. Acquire the basic notions of the key areas of Phonology, Morphology, Morphosyntax and Syntax; 2. Develop techniques of grammatical description (observation, seeking regularities, generalising from linguistic data) of typologically different languages.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the curricular unit, students should be familiar with basic notions in Linguistics that allow them to analyse not only non-Indo-European languages but also African varieties of Portuguese; to understand common principles and parameters of variation, as a way to understand the changes that are occcurring in post-colonial varieties of Portuguese.  

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Different linguistic levels 2. Morphology 2.1. The concept of word and morpheme 2.2.Morphological processes of word formation 2.3. Non-morphological processes of word formation 3. From Morphosyntax to Syntax 3.1. Word classes 3.2. The structure of syntactic constituents and categories; selection of categories 3.3. Grammatical relations: syntactic functions and thematic roles 3.4. Clause, simple sentence and complex sentence 3.5. Coordination and subordination 4. Basic notions of Phonetics and Phonology 4.1. Consonants, vowels and semi-vowels (glides) 4.2. Brief articulatory characterisation of these sounds 4.3. Syllabic structures 4.4. Prosodic properties.

Mandatory literature

Duarte, Inês; Língua Portuguesa, Instrumentos de análise, U. Aberta, Lisboa, 2000
Faria, Isabel; Pedro, Emília; Duarte, Inês; Gouveia, Carlos; Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, Caminho, Lisboa, 1996
Fromkin, Victoria A.; Rodman, Robert; Hyams, N.M.; An Introduction to Language, Almedina, Coimbra (trad. Portuguesa) , 2006
Mateus, Maria Helena Mira et al.; Gramática da Língua Portuguesa , Caminho, 2003
Mateus, M.H. e Villalva, A.; O Essencial sobre Linguística , Caminho, Lisboa, 2006. ISBN: ISBN 972-21-1777-7
Mateus, M.H. e Cardeira, E.; Norma e Variação. O Essencial sobre Língua Portuguesa , Caminho, 2007

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	70,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Trabalho de investigação	62,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Tests and research work each counting for 50%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.