Phonological and Morphological Structures in Portuguese

Code:

CL005

Acronym:

EFMP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Portuguese Lingustics

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	4	CL - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
EPL	25	Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
LLC	19	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1 – To make students aware of phonetic realizations of languages, and of Portuguese particularly. . 2 – To prepare students for basic procedures such as phonetic transcription. 3 – To deepen students’ explicit knowledge of Portuguese grammar, specially in the domains of morphology and phonology. 4 – To provide students with basic notions of articulatory phonetics, phonolgy and morphology of Portuguese. 5 – To make students familiar with the concepts and procedures of linguistic analysis used in phonology and morphology and to make them able to use such tools in analysing Portuguese. 6 – To make students aware of the isseus related to phonetic variation.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student should be able to: use basic procedures of phonetic transcription; understand and describe basic concepts in the domains ofarticulatory phonetics, phonology and morphology; use morphological and phonological analysis tools in the description of Portuguese language.

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

1 – Phonetic transcription of Portuguese. 1.1 – Basic principles of a system of phonetic transcription. 1.2 – The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). 1.3 – IPA symbols and conventions used in transcribing Portuguese. 1.4 – Phonetic transcription of dialectal varieties of Portuguese. 2 – Articulatory phonetics of Portuguese. 2.1 –Phonation and the phonatory system. 2.2 – Description and traditional articulatory classification of Portuguese sounds. 3 – Dialectal variation in Portuguese. 3.1 – Norm and variation. 3.2 – European and non-European varieties of Contemporary Portuguese. 4 – Segmental aspects of Portuguese phonology. 4.1 – Segment inventory. 4.2 – Distributiona patterns of segments. 4.3 – Some specific issues in the study of segmental phonology of Portuguese: 4.3.1 – “Nasal vowels”. 4.3.2 – Stressed vs. unstressed vowels. 5 – Prosodic aspects of the phonology of Portuguese. 5.1 – Syllabic structures in Portuguese. 5.2 – Word-stress in Portuguese. 6 – Morphological aspects of Portuguese: the interaction phonology-morphology. 6.1 – Morphological word and prosodic word in Portuguese. 6.2 – The words’ internal structure in Portuguese. 6.3 – Lexical forms and grammatical forms. 6.4 – Verbal inflection. 6.5 – Nominal inflection. 6.6 – Derivation in Portuguese. 6.7 – Compounds in Portuguese. 6.8 – Allomorphy in Portuguese.

Mandatory literature

ROSA, M. C.; Introdução à Morfologia, Contexto, 2006. ISBN: 85-7244-145-X
CATFORD, J. C.; A Practical Introduction to Phonetics, Oxford, 1988
VILLALVA, A.; Estruturas Morfolóigcas. Unidades e Hierarquias nas Palavras do Português, FCG/FCT, 2000
BARBOSA, J. M.; Introdução ao Estudo da Fonologia e Morfologia do Português, Almedina, 1994
MATEUS, M. H. M.; D'ANDRADE, E.; The Phonology of Portuguese, Oxford, 2000
MATEUS, M. H. M.; D'ANDRADE, E.; The Phonology of Portuguese, Oxford, 2000
GUSSENHOVEN, C.; JACOBS, H.; Understanding Phonology, Arnold, 1998. ISBN: 0-340-69218-9
BARBOSA, J. M.; Etudes de Phonologie Portugaise, Universidade de Évora, 1983
SPENCER, A.; ZWICKY, A. M. (Eds); The Handbook of Morphology, Blackwell, 1998
SPENCER, A.; ZWICKY, A. M. (Eds); The Handbook of Morphology, Blackwell, 1998
ARONOFF, M.; REES-MILLER, J. (Eds); The Handbook of Linguistics, Blackwell, 2001
DUARTE, I.; Língua Portuguesa. Instrumentos de Análise, Universidade Aberta, 2000
MALMBERG, B.; A Fonética, Livros do Brasil, sd
MALMBERG, B.; A Fonética, Livros do Brasil, sd
BARROSO, H.; Forma e Substância da Expressão da Língua Portuguesa, Almedina, 1999
DELGADO MARTINS, M. R.; Ouvir Falar. Introdução à Fonética do Português, Caminho, 1988
MARTINET, A.; Elementos de Linguística Geral, Sá da Costa, 1985
DELGADO MARTINS, M. R.; Ouvir Falar. Introdução à Fonética do Português, Caminho, 1988
CINTRA, L. F. L.; RIBEIRO, J. A. P. (Orgs.); A. R. Gonçalves Viana - Estudos de Fonética Portuguesa, INCM, 1973
BAUER, L.; A Glossary of Morphology, Edinburgh University Press, 2004
MATEUS, M. H. M.; A Face Exposta da Língua Portuguesa, INCM, 2002
MATTOSO CÂMARA JR., J.; Problemas de Lingüística Descritiva, Vozes, 1971
MATTOSO CÂMARA JR., J.; Estrutura da Língua Portuguesa, Vozes, 1970
MATTOSO CÂMARA JR., J.; Problemas de Lingüística Descritiva, Vozes, 1971
MATEUS, M. H. M.; Aspectos da Fonologia Portuguesa, INIC, 1982
FARIA, I. H. et al. (Orgs.); Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, Caminho, 1996
CLARK, J.; YALLOP, C.; An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology, Blackwell, 1990
MATEUS, M. H. M.; Aspectos da Fonologia Portuguesa, INIC, 1982
INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ASSOCIATION; The Handbook of the International Phonetic Association. A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Association, Cambridge, 1999
SPENCER, A.; Morphological Theory. An Introduction to Word Structure in Generative Grammar, Blackwell, 1991
GOLDSMITH, J. A. (Ed.); The Handbook of Phonological Theory, Blackwell, 1995
CINTRA, L. F.L.; Estudos de Dialectologia Portuguesa, Sá da Costa, 1983
MATEUS, M. H. M. et al.; Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, Caminho, 2003
GOLDSMITH, J. A. (Ed.); The Handbook of Phonological Theory, Blackwell, 1995
DELGADO MARTINS, M. R.; Fonética do Português. Trinta anos de investigação, Caminho, 2002
DE LACY, Paul (2007) – The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
LADEFOGED, P.; MADDIESON, I. ; The Sounds of the World's Languages, Blackwell, 1996
RIO-TORTO, G. M.; Morfologia Derivacional. Teoria e Aplicação ao Português, Porto Editora, 1998
VELOSO, J.; Na Ponta da Língua. Exercícios de Fonética do Português, Granito, 1999
MATTOSO CÂMARA JR., J.; Para o Estudo da Fonêmica Portuguesa, Padrão, 1977
MARTÍNEZ CELDRÁN, E.; El sonido en la comunicación humana, Octaedro, 1996

Complementary Bibliography

LEITE DE VASCONCELOS, J. L.; Esquisse d'une dialectologie portugaise, INCM, 1987
PULLUM, G. K.; LADUSAW, W. A.; Phonetic Symbol Guide, The Chicago University Press, 1986
MATEUS, M. H. M. et al.; Fonética, Fonologia e Morfologia do Português, Universidade Aberta, 1990
PULLUM, G. K.; LADUSAW, W. A.; Phonetic Symbol Guide, The Chicago University Press, 1986
RODRIGUES, A. S.; A Construção de Postverbais em Português, Granito, 2001

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theorical classes, theorical-pratical and pratical classes, tutorial classes

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Languages > Modern languages > European languages > Romance languages > Portuguese language
Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Phonology
Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Phonetics
Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Grammar
Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Dialectology

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Participação presencial	0,00
Teste	0,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	96,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de campo	12,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification correponds to the grade of the final exam.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the Assessment Regulations

 

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations