Varieties of Portuguese

Code:

CL028

Acronym:

VPORT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Portuguese Lingustics

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	7	CL - Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
EP	27	EP - Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	6	LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To reflect on the variation phenomenon as an inherent property of natural languages; to describe some aspects of linguistic variation in European Portuguese at various levels; to compare European Portuguese with the Portuguese spoken in Brazil, Angola and Mozambique. To understand the nature of Portuguese-based creoles.

Learning outcomes and competences

 

At the end of the curricular unit, students should: understand variation as an inherent property of natural languages; describe some aspects of linguistic variation in European Portuguese at various levels; compare European Portuguese with the Portuguese spoken in Brazil, Angola and Mozambique at phonological, morphological and syntactic levels; understand the nature of creoles, specifically Portuguese-based creoles.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1  General issues about variation

1.1  The variation of languages in the world

1.2  Variation and change

1.3  Diatopic, diastratic and diaphasic variation

1.4  The oral and the written register

2  Main contemporary Portuguese dialects

2.1 Mainland European dialects

2.2 Insular European dialects

2.3 Extra-European dialects

2.4 The situation of Gallician

2.5. The situation of Mirandese

3 Some variation and change phenomena in contemporary European Portuguese

3.1 Phonological variations in progress
3.2. Morphological, morphosyntactic and syntactic variation in CORDIAL-SIN and ALEPG data. 
3.3. Lexical innovation: burrowings. 

3.4. The orthographic question

4  Brazilian Portuguese; some syntactic properties

4.1  Historical and social features

4.2 Phonetic features

4.3 Some syntactic and morphological properties

5 The situation of Portuguese language in Africa

5.1 Some historical and sociological

5.2  Some morpho-syntactic and syntactic aspects Angola and Mozambique Portuguese

6 Creoles and Portuguese-based creoles

6.1 General issues on creoles

6.2 The C.Verde creole

Mandatory literature

Castro, Ivo; Introdução à História do Português, Colibri, 2006. ISBN: 972-772-676-3
Cristóvão, F. et alii (coord.); Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia, ACLUS, Lisboa, Texto Editores, 2005. ISBN: 972-47-2935-4
Cuesta, P. e Mendes da Luz, M.A.; Gramática da Língua Portuguesa (trad. port. do original espanhol de 1971), Edições 70, 1980. ISBN: não tem
Ferreira, M. B. et al.; “Variação linguística: perspectiva dialectológica”, in Faria, Isabel Hub et al. (orgs.) Introdução à Linguística geral e Portuguesa, pp. 479-502 , Caminho, Lisboa, 1996. ISBN: 972-21-1048-9
Gonçalves, P. ; “Aspectos da Sintaxe do Português de Moçambique”, in Faria, Isabel H. et al. (orgs.) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, pp. 313-322. , Caminho, Lisboa, 1996. ISBN: 972-21-1048-9
Inverno. L.; Angola’s transition to Vernacular Portuguese, Diss. de Mestrado, Universidade de Coimbra., 2005
Luchesi, D. e T. Lobo; "Aspectos da Sintaxe do Português Brasileiro" in Faria, I. H. et al. (orgs.) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, pp. 303-311. , Caminho, Lisboa, 1996. ISBN: 972-21-1048-9
Mateus, M.H. e Bacelar do Nascimento, F. (orgs.); A Língua Portuguesa em Mudança, Caminho, Lisboa, 2005. ISBN: 972-21-1724-6
Mateus, M.H. e Cardeira, E. ; O Essencial sobre Língua Portuguesa. Norma e Variação, Caminho, Lisboa, 2007. ISBN: 978-972-21-1953-5
Raposo, E.P.; “Algumas observações sobre a noção de língua portuguesa”, Boletim de Filologia 29, p. 592., 1984
Raposo, E.P. et al ; Gramática do Português, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013. ISBN: ISBN 978-972-31-1457-7
SILVA, Rosa Virgínia Mattos e; “O português são dois (variação, mudança, norma e a questão do ensino do português no Brasil)”, in Duarte, Inês & Leiria, Isabel (orgs) Actas do Congresso Internacional sobre o Português, pp.375-401. , APL, Colibri, Lisboa, 1996. ISBN: 972-8288-36-0
Teyssier, Paul; História da Língua Portuguesa (trad. port. do original francês de 1980), Liv. Sá da Costa, 1990. ISBN: não tem
Vários; Variação linguística, no espaço, no tempo e na sociedade, Actas do Encontro Regional da APL , Associação Portuguesa de Linguística / Edições Colibri, 1993. ISBN: 972-8047-73-8

Comments from the literature

Other references will be indicated by the lecturer at the beginning of the academic year.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory classes; practical classes; tutorials.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

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

Calculation formula of final grade

Two written tests counting for 50% and a final exam-50%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.