Topics in Portuguese Linguistics I

Code:

MTSL046

Acronym:

TLINP1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Linguistics

Instance: 2016/2017 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Master of Arts in Translation and Language Services

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MTSL	15	MTSL - Study Plan	1	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Aims: Development of basic knowledge and acquisition of new methods in syntactic and lexical semantics analysis particularly on European Portuguese and some of its varieties.

Learning outcomes and competences

Skills and Learning outcomes:

1. General capacity of linguistic reflection based on some theoretical proposals.
2. Implementation of rigorous methods of linguistic analysis by application of tests.
3. Knowledge of basic aspects of the Lexicon and Syntax of the Portuguese language.
4. General issues concerning text.

The students should acquire basic tools for analyzing the syntactic and semantic nature of verbs and should also have acquired fundamental knowledge of the simple sentences syntax (like possible word orders) as a way to provide quality translations to or from Portuguese.

Working method

Presencial

Program

I. General Matters
1. Knowledge of language and use of language
2. Text and its properties
2.1. General issues on cohesion and coherence
2.2. Text structure
II. Syntactic Basic Notions
1. Constituents structure and syntactic categories
2. Basic categories and phrase categories
3. Syntactic functions: criteria and identification tests
4. Word order. Portuguese as a SVO language; types of sentences
III. Aspects on the Syntax and Semantics of Simple Sentences
1. The lexicon contribution: the verbal category
1.1.The verb: categorical and semantic selection
1.2. Types of verbs: full verbs, auxiliary verbs, semi-auxiliary verbs, copulative verbs and light verbs
1.3. Semantic characterization of verbal predicates
1.4. Aspectual classes
1.5. Tense as a deictic category: verbal tenses and adverbials
2. Some constructions involving change of position or number of arguments
2.1. Subject inversion
2.2. Partial interrogatives
2.3. Passive. 

Mandatory literature

BECHARA, E. ; Moderna Gramática Portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro, Companhia Editora Nacional, 1961. 37ª edição, revista e ampliada, Rio de Janeiro, Editora Lucerna, 1999
Coutinho, Maria Antónia ; Texto(s) e competência textual, Lisboa: FCG/FCT, 2003
CUNHA, C. e L. F. LINDLEY CINTRA; Nova gramática do Português Contemporâneo, Lisboa, Ed. João Sá da Costa, 1984
LOPES, O.; Gramática Simbólica do Português (um esboço), Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2ª edição, 1972
MATEUS, M. H. et al.; Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa, Caminho, Série Linguística, 2003
NEVES, M. H. M; Gramática de Usos do Português, S. Paulo, UNESP, 1999
Raposo, E. B. P., Nascimento, M. F. B., Mota, M. A., Segura, L. e Mendes, A. (orgs); Gramática do Português, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013
Silva, Paulo Nunes da ; Tipologias Textuais. Como classificar textos e sequências, Coimbra: Almedina/CELGA, 2012

Complementary Bibliography

Bronckart, Jean-Paul ; Activité langagière, textes et discours. Pour un interactionisme socio-discursif, Lausanne: Delachaux et Niestlé, 1996

Teaching methods and learning activities

Some classes consist of theoretical presentations on the program topics and others will have practical exercises. Oral presentations made by the students during the semester final classes. The topics will be chosen considering identified problems in translation and the research will use a contrastive approach between Portuguese and the other language studied.

1st test: 40%
2nd test: 40%
Oral presentation: 20%

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Grammar

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	20,00
Teste	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	72,00
Frequência das aulas	60,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

75% presence in the classes, except in the cases admited by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

1st test: 40%

2nd test: 40%

Oral presentation: 20%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not aplicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not aplicable

Classification improvement

According to the FLUP regulations