History of the Portuguese Language

Code:

CL011

Acronym:

HLPOR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Linguistics

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

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	42	CL - Study Plan	3	-	6	41	162
EP	23	EP - Study Plan	2	-	6	41	162
LLC	37	Study plan	2	-	6	41	162
		Study plan	2	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The aim of this subject is to provide students with knowledge in three areas: analysis of linguistic variation theories and study methods; its application in the specific field of the history of the Portuguese language; and its integration in a more general perspective, within the scope of Romance linguistics.

Learning outcomes and competences

The students will develop the capacity to recognise analysis of linguistic variation theories and study methods; its application in the specific field of the history of the Portuguese language; and its integration in a more general perspective, within the scope of Romance linguistics.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Object and method of historical linguistics. The ‘Sources’-critique of evidence
From Latin to Portuguese - vernacular Latin - the main features.
Romanisation of the Iberian Peninsula: the “Iberian block” within the scope of Romania; substrata and superstrata. Linguistic individuality in the North-West of the Peninsula. Consequences of the ‘Reconquista’ - the portuguese dialectal panorama.
Medieval Portuguese - fluctuation, dominant tendencies and linguistic pattern. Juridical medieval texts - specific structures. The linguistic pattern moves towards the south.
Classic and modern Portuguese. Innovative traits. Connections between dialectology and history of language: evidences of dialectal areas, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese Creoles. Development of the linguistic pattern definition and reduction of fluctuation; re-Latinisation of the language. The knowledge of language by the 16th century grammarians.
Changes after the 16th century. Linguistic evolution and orthographic reforms.

Mandatory literature

Allières, Jacques; Manuel de Linguistique Romane, Paris: Champion, 2001
Barros, C.; "Pragmática histórica: perspectivas de alargamento da metodologia de análise de textos medievais", Actas do Encontro Comemorativo dos 25 anos do CLUP, Porto: CLUP/Faculdade de letras, 2001
Barros, C.; "Alguns aspectos do funcionamento dos contrastivos no Português medieval". História da Língua e História da Gramática: Actas do Encontro, Head, Brian F& al., Braga:Univ.do Minho/ILCH, 2003. ISBN: 972-98621-9-2
Cardeira, E.; Entre o português Antigo e o Português Clássico, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 2005
Castro, Ivo et alii; Curso de História da Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa: Universidade Aberta, 1991
Castro, Ivo; Introdução à História do Português, Lisboa: Colibri. ISBN: 972-772-676-3
Labov, William; Principles of Linguistic Change: Internal Factors, Oxford, Cambridge: Blackwell, 1994
Labov, William; Principles of Linguistic Change: Social Factors, Oxford: Blackwell, 2001
Lausberg, Heinrich; Linguística Românica, Lisboa:Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1974
Maia, Clarinda de Azevedo; História do Galego-Português: Estado Linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal desde o século XIII ao século XVI, Coimbra: Instituto Nacional de Investigação Científica, 1986
Marquilhas, Rita in Castro, I. e Duarte, I. (eds); “Mudança analógica e elevação das vogais pretónicas” .Razões e Emoção: Miscelânea de estudos em Homenagem a Maria Helena Mateus, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, 2003
Martins, A. M. in Head, Brian F. et alii (eds.); “Mudança sintáctica e História da Língua Portuguesa”. História da Língua e História da Gramática: Actas do Encontro, Braga: Universidade do Minho/ILCH, 2002. ISBN: ISBN: 972-98621-9-2
Martins, A.M. in Faria, I.H.(org.); “Ainda «os mais antigos textos escritos em português" Documentos de 1175 a 1252”, Lindley Cintra, Homenagem ao Homem, ao Mestre e ao Cidadão, Edições Cosmos : Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, 1999
Neto, S. da Silva; História da Língua Portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro, Presença, 1979
Nunes, José Joaquim; Compêndio de Gramática Histórica Portuguesa: Fonética e Morfologia, Lisboa: Clássica Editora, 1989
Paiva, M. H.; Vernacularidade versus relatinização: o testemunho dos gramáticos portugueses quinhentistas, Actas do 1º Encontro da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística, Lisboa, 1986
Paiva, M. H.; Os Gramáticos Portugueses Quinhentistas e a fixação do Padrão Linguístico. Contribuição da informática para o estudo das relações entre funcionamento, variação e mudança, Porto: Faculdade de Letras , 2002
Silva, Rosa Virgínia Mattos e; Sobre a mudança linguística: uma revisão histórica, Boletim de Filologia, T. XXVI, 1980/81
Silva, Rosa Virgínia Mattos e; Estruturas Trecentistas: Elementos para uma gramática do Português Arcaico, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional – Casa da Moeda, 1989
Silva, Rosa Virgínia Mattos e; O português arcaico – Fonologia, Morfologia e Sintaxe, São Paulo, 2006
Souto Cabo, J.A.; “Nas origens da expressão escrita galego-portuguesa. Documentos do século XII, Diacrítica, 17, Braga: Universidade do Minho, 2003
Teyssier, Paul; História da Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa: Sá da Costa, 1982
Väänänen, Veikko; Introducción al Latín Vulgar, Madrid: Gredos, 1968
Williams, Edwin; Do Latim ao Português, Rio de Janeiro: Tempo Brasileiro, 1975
Wright, Roger; Late Latin and Early Romance, Liverpool: Francis Cairns, 1982. ISBN: 0-905205-12-X

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes will be student-centred, stimulating the sensibility to understand the historical linguistics concepts and the texts from different diachronic periods of the Portuguese language.
An attempt will be made to favour individual research, critical thinking and problem solving, avoiding the lecture.
Main attention is given to the active participation in class, by the achievement and submitting of small projects.
The chosen methodology enables the students to develop analytical capacity to study critically medieval and classical Portuguese texts within their linguistic and historical contexts. The syllabus and the respective methodology are instruments which allow a competent and open interpretation of the studied texts.
The discussion of theoretical concepts related to historical linguistics and the identification and characterization of the different historical periods of Portuguese language allows the learning of the fundamental aspects of linguistic periodization.
The analysis of several texts representative of specific periods of Portuguese develops the capacity to recognize the phases of the diachrony of Portuguese.
Evaluation: distributed,( i.e, based on a written work on texts of different diachronic periods), with final exam.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > histórica Historical linguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Exame	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	48,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

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

Calculation formula of final grade

Reading report or research assignment 30%, exam 70%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

In accordance with course regulations and other applicable rules.

Internship work/project

In accordance with course regulations and other applicable rules.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with course regulations and other applicable rules.

Classification improvement

Only the exam can be the object of a retake.