Greek I

Code:

EPL009

Acronym:

GRE1

Instance: 2015/2016 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EPL	5	Study Plan	3	-	6	-
LLC	6	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Students are intended to to both deepen the lexicons and master essential grammatical, morphological and syntactical structures of Greek which will, where possible, be related to that of Latin and Portuguese. Students are also intended to apply this knowledge to the translation into Portuguese of simple (original or adapted) texts and into Greek of small sentences. They should also be able to recognize the importance of the Greek language to the conformation of the Western philosophical and scientific terminology.

At the end of the semester, students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of grammatical and lexical structures studied by translating simple texts (Greek / Portuguese, Portuguese / Greek).

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester, students should demonstrate knowledge of fundamental structures of the Greek language by translating Greek simple texts  into Portuguese and writing easy sentences in Greek.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction:

1.1. Greek in the context of Indo-European languages

1.2. Historical overview of the Greek language

2. Phonetics:

2.1. The alphabet

2.2. Accentuation

2.3. Spirits and punctuation marks

2.4. Pronounciation

3. Morphology:

3.1. Definition of  root, theme, endings and characteristics

3.2. Noun inflexion:

3.2.1. The article

3.2.2. The nouns (first and second declensions)

3.2.3. The adjectives (first class)

3.2.4. Personal pronouns

3.3. Verbal flexion:

3.3.1. Themes and affixes

3.3.2. Person, number, voice, mood, tense

3.3.3.  thematic verbs in –ω,( present tense in the indicative, infinitive and imperative active, middle and passive moods; imperfect);

3.3.4. the εἶναι verb (present tense in the indicative, infinitive and imperative moods; imperfect).

3.3.5. Contracted verbs in -άω e -έω.

3. 3. 6. Deponent verbs.

4. Syntax:

4.1. Cases and prepositions

4.2. Circumstantial complements

4.3. Circumstantial subordinate clauses (temporal, causal) and completive (conjunctive and infinitive).

Mandatory literature

BALME, M. ; Athenaze: an introduction to ancient greek I, Oxford University Press, 1990
CHANTRAINE, Pierre; Morphologie historique du grec, Klincksieck, 1973
FREIRE, António; Gramática Grega , Livraria Apostolado da Imprensa, 1985
GOODWIN, William W.; A Greek Grammar, Macmillan, 1987
HUMBERT, Jean; Syntaxe grecque, Klincksieck, 1972.
Joint Association of Classical Teacher; Reading greek: text, Cambridge University Press, 1978
Joint Association of Classical Teacher; Reading greek: grammar, vocabulary and exercises, Cambridge University Press, 1999
JÚNIOR, M.A.; Gramática de Grego, Alcalá, 2003
LIDDELL, H. G. – SCOTT, R. A., ; A Greek-English Lexicon , Clarendon Press, 1968
PEREIRA, I.; Dicionário Grego-Português e Português-Grego, Liv. do Apostolado da Imprensa
RAGON, E.; Grammaire grecque, Klincksieck, 1972
BAILLY, A.; Dictionnaire grec français, Hachette, 1950

Teaching methods and learning activities

Practical classes; tutorials

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Participation in classes: 10% Written tests: 90% (1st test: 30%; 2nd test: 60%) [35%+65% for working students]

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations.