Phonological and Morphological Structures in Portuguese

Code:

CL005

Acronym:

EFMP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Portuguese Lingustics

Instance: 2021/2022 - 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	6	CL - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
EP	26	EP - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
LLC	21	LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Broad phonetic transcription of Portuguese - Articulatory classification of Portuguese consonants and vowels - Identification of the main phonetic features of dialectal variation in Portuguese - Description of the phonemic inventory of Portuguese - Generalization and explanation of the main syllabic patterns of Portuguese - Description of the stress-assignment processes in Portuguese - The distinction of lexical and postlexical phonologial processes in Portuguese - Identification and explanation of the word-formation processes in Portuguese - Identification of interface phenomena (phonology/morphology) in Portuguese: word-stress; theme vowel specification; vowel harmony - Identification and delimitation of the main prosodic units of Portuguese: the phonological word; the clitic group.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Satisfactory skills of phonetic transcription in Portuguese.
2. Advanced competence in explicitly identifying phenomena of linguistic variation of Portuguese grounded on phonetic, phonological, morphological and lexical features.
3. Considerable capacity for analysing linguistic data of Portuguese, phonologically and morphologically.
4. Ability to describe the main processes of word-formation in Portuguese.
2. Ability to relate phonological and morphological explanation in the grammatical description of  Portuguese.

Working method

B-learning

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

1. Basic knowledge about the architecture of grammar and the relations between phonetics, phonology and morphology in language description.
2. Basic knowledge of the main word-formation processes in inflectional languages: derivation, inflection, and composition.
3. Ability to recognise the different word-classes of Portuguese.
4. Explicit knowledge of the terminology associated with verbal tense inflection in Portuguese.

Program

1. Basic phonetic aspects of Portuguese.

1.1. General description of the phonatory system.

1.2. The formation and articulatory classification of the sounds of Portuguese.

1.3. Broad phonetic transcription of Portuguese.

1. Varieties of Portuguese (European and non-European). Main phonetic characteristics of these varieties.


2. The phoneme inventory of Portuguese.


3. Syllabic patterns of Portuguese: unmarked and marked.


4. Phonological and morphological conditioning of word-stress in Portuguese.


5. Inflectional processes in Portuguese: nouns, verbs and pronouns.


6. Word-formation processes in Portuguese: derivation (concatenative and non-concatenative processes); compounding.


7. Cliticization in Portuguese. The phonological word and the clitic group.

Mandatory literature

Mateus, Maria Helena Mira, 1931-; The^phonology of portuguese
Mateus, Maria Helena Mira, 1931- 070; Gramática da língua portuguesa. ISBN: 972-21-0445-4
Raposo, Eduardo Buzaglo Paiva 340; Gramática do português. ISBN: 978-972-31-1456-0
Barbosa, Jorge Morais; Introdução ao estudo da fonologia e morfologia do portugues. ISBN: 972-40-0762-6
Emiliano, António; Fonética do português europeu. ISBN: 978-972-665-614-2

Complementary Bibliography

Spencer, Andrew; Phonology. ISBN: 0-631-19233-6
Spencer, Andrew; Morphological theory. ISBN: 0-631-16144-9
Rosa, Maria Carlota; Introdução à Morfologia, Contexto, 2006
Villalva, Alina; Morfologia do Português, Universidade Aberta, 2008
Villalva, Alina; Estruturas morfológicas. ISBN: 972-31-0874-7
Camara Jr., Joaquim Mattoso; Estrutura da língua portuguesa
Faria, Isabel Hub 340; Introdução à linguística geral e portuguesa. ISBN: 972-21-1048-9
Veloso, João; Na ponta da língua. ISBN: 972-8594-01-1
Martins, Maria Raquel Delgado; Ouvir falar. ISBN: 972-21-0646-5
Martinez Celdrán, Eugenio; El sonido en la comunicacion humana. ISBN: 84-8063-156-2

Teaching methods and learning activities

The main method to be followed will consist of: inferring generalizations from the observation of linguistic data; answering to practical questions and problems. Linguistic data observation aims at leading students to explicitation/generalization procedures on phonological and morphological properties of linguistic data. Assessment consists of written work where students are expected to demonstrate their competences on basic skills of phonetic transcription, phonological analysis and morphological analysis of Portuguese.

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	75,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	74,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de campo	12,00
Trabalho de investigação	22,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

As stipulated by the Rules of Attendance at FLUP. Each student is supposed to attend mandatorily at least 75% of the sessions of each course.

Calculation formula of final grade

Weighted average of the assessment items as described above:
- Written test: 75%;
- Practical work (written exercises): 25%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

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Internship work/project

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Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

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Classification improvement

For students who do not get a final classification by the end of the semester: Special Appeal Examination, consisting of a Final Written Exam (20 points, 100% of the students' final mark).

For students approved by the end of the semester and wishing to get a second opportunity exam: Special Appeal Examination also, consisting of a Final Written Exam (20 points, 100% of the students' final mark). In these cases, the final classification, duly registered at the student's individual records, will be the highest.

 

In both cases, the Appeal Exam fully replaces ALL the assessment pieces delivered during the semester and will evaluate all the contents taught during the entire semester.

Observations

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