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Greek II

Code: EPL010     Acronym: GRE2

Keywords
Classification Keyword
OFICIAL Classical Languages

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

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
EP 2 EP - Study Plan 3 - 6 52 162
LLC 3 LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies) 1 - 6 52 162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- Know the basic structures of Greek (morphological and syntactic).


- Use this knowledge to translate simple texts into Portuguese (original or adapted versions). - Learn the vocabulary indicated by the teacher (two hundred words).


- Recognise the Greek roots in the Portuguese lexical structure.


- Recognise the importance of Greek in shaping Western philosophical and scientific terminology.

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. Morphology:

1.1. Noun inflexion:

1.1.1. The nouns - third declension: themes in occlusive, vowels, digamma and sibilant; flexion of "πατήρ", "μήτηρ", "θυγάτηρ", "ἀνήρ" e "γυνή".

1.1.2. Triformed and biformed adjectives (second class) and their degrees (comparative and superlative); the irregular "μέγας ".

1.1.3. Pronouns (interrogative, indefinite, possessive, demonstrative and relative).

1.2. Verbal flexion:

1.2.1. Tense and aspect.

1.2.2. Thematic verbs in -ω, contracted and non-contracted; future, aorist (sigmatic and radical) in the indicative and infinitive moods, and in the participle, active voice, middle and passive; aorist imperative.

1.2.3. Participles in the active, medio and passive voices.

2. Syntax:

2.1. The participle: nominal function and adverbial function.

2.2. Circumstantial complements; complement of purpose

2.3. Subordinate relative clauses (simple), complete and circumstantial (causal, temporal, consecutive and concession).

Mandatory literature

BAILLY, A.; Dictionnaire grec français , Hachette, 1950
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

Teaching methods and learning activities

Practical classes: expository classes on programme contents; translation and back-translation exercises; tutorials

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Languages > Ancient languages

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation Weight (%)
Exame 55,00
Participação presencial 10,00
Teste 35,00
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%.

NOTE: In the scheme of continuous assessment, the final grades of 8 and 9 are not subject to oral examination.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations.

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