2025
Portuguese Linguistics III
Name: Portuguese Linguistics III
Code: LLT10864L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Linguistics
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English, French
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
In the context of a 1st cycle in Languages and Literatures, this Curricular Unit aims to SDG, on the one hand, to promote "learning and teaching" and, on the other, to contribute to "research".
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Based on the competences and knowledge acquired in the first two years of the course in the CUs in the areas of General and Descriptive Linguitics, this CU aims to put the Portuguese language under perspective as a historically constructed entity, to which variation and change are inherit. The specific objectives of this CU are the following: a) To provide the contact with the object and the methods of Historical Linguistics and the History of the Language; b) To characterize change as an intrinsic property of the language; c) To build a picture of the diachrony of the Portuguese language; d) To develop competences regarding the textual memory of the Portuguese language. At the end of the semester, students be able: a) To recognize/contextualize the distinct phases of the evolution of the Portuguese language; b) To identify its main structural changes; c) To describe/explain some of those changes; d) To analyze written texts of different periods.
Contents
1. The language in time and the times of the language; 1.1. Linguistic change and diachrony; 1.1.1. Theoretical and methodological problems; 1.2. The periods in the history of the Portuguese language: main proposals for a timeframe. The periods and their examples through texts: Old Portuguese, Middle Portuguese, Classical Portuguese, and Modern Portuguese. 2. From the text to the language and the language of texts; 2.1. The ancient text: philological and linguistic issues; 2.2. Diachrony of fundamental structures and their analysis through texts of diverse periods; 2.3. Phonetic phenomena of syntagmatic and paradigmatic nature; 2.3.1. Phonetic evolution from Latin to current Portuguese: phenomenon typology. Exercises; 2.4. Main historical morphology and syntax features through texts from diverse periods; 2.5. Lexicon features; 2.6. Linguistic comments to texts. NOTE: The comments to texts will be carried out along each of the topics above.
Teaching Methods
The classroom sessions (4h) consist in the presentation of theory, practice and discussion of the topics of the syllabus, as well as exercises corrected by the students under the supervision of the teacher, or the presentation by the students of individual or group research work. The advanced study of some topics is done by means of bibliographical reviews, reading assignments, consultation of etymological dictionaries and of specialized websites. Tutorials will provide methodological and bibliographical references to help with individual essays and the execution of tasks and exercises. Promoting the students autonomy, tutorials also provide the students with personalized guidance taking into consideration their specific needs/ competences.
During classroom activities, under the supervision of the lecturer, students may use ChatGTP to obtain data, corpora, bibliographies and to explore other elements relating to the subjects under study.
When undertaking autonomous research projects, students will be required to identify each aspect, section or piece of data for which they have used AI, and to specify the tool(s) used.
During classroom activities, under the supervision of the lecturer, students may use ChatGTP to obtain data, corpora, bibliographies and to explore other elements relating to the subjects under study.
When undertaking autonomous research projects, students will be required to identify each aspect, section or piece of data for which they have used AI, and to specify the tool(s) used.
Assessment
Assessment consists of two components: continuous assessment and final assessment.
A) Continuous assessment: (RAUE) ? Students may only sit this type of assessment if they have attended 75 per cent of the group teaching sessions.
Continuous assessment will be based on the following elements:
a) an attendance test (60 per cent);
b) a mid-term written test or an individual written assignment of at least 12?15 pages (40 per cent), to be presented orally.
B) Final assessment: The examination will consist solely of a written examination (100 per cent); an oral examination will be held if the mark obtained in this written examination falls between 8.0 and 9.4 (without rounding).
In accordance with "Despacho No. 216/2026", in both assessment schemes (continuous and final), if deemed necessary to verify the extent to which the student has developed the knowledge and skills required for the course module, the teaching team may summon the student to an oral examination, in accordance with Article 110 (No.13) of the Academic Regulations of the University of Évora, whilst ensuring compliance with the conditions set out in Article 116 (No. 4) and Article 118 (No.1) of the same Regulations. This oral examination shall carry, in the final mark for the course unit, a weighting equivalent to that of the examination whose content is to be assessed; that is, it shall correspond to 100 per cent of the percentage set for the written examination.
Assessment timetable:
Continuous assessment ? to be established by mutual agreement with the students;
Final assessment: determined by the Course Committee and the Academic Council.
A) Continuous assessment: (RAUE) ? Students may only sit this type of assessment if they have attended 75 per cent of the group teaching sessions.
Continuous assessment will be based on the following elements:
a) an attendance test (60 per cent);
b) a mid-term written test or an individual written assignment of at least 12?15 pages (40 per cent), to be presented orally.
B) Final assessment: The examination will consist solely of a written examination (100 per cent); an oral examination will be held if the mark obtained in this written examination falls between 8.0 and 9.4 (without rounding).
In accordance with "Despacho No. 216/2026", in both assessment schemes (continuous and final), if deemed necessary to verify the extent to which the student has developed the knowledge and skills required for the course module, the teaching team may summon the student to an oral examination, in accordance with Article 110 (No.13) of the Academic Regulations of the University of Évora, whilst ensuring compliance with the conditions set out in Article 116 (No. 4) and Article 118 (No.1) of the same Regulations. This oral examination shall carry, in the final mark for the course unit, a weighting equivalent to that of the examination whose content is to be assessed; that is, it shall correspond to 100 per cent of the percentage set for the written examination.
Assessment timetable:
Continuous assessment ? to be established by mutual agreement with the students;
Final assessment: determined by the Course Committee and the Academic Council.
Teaching Staff
- Maria Filomena Candeias Gonçalves [responsible]
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