2024
Portuguese Linguistics II
Name: Portuguese Linguistics II
Code: LLT10859L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Linguistics
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Presentation
Portuguese Linguistics II is the study of Portuguese simple/compound/complex sentence structure in the context of other Romance languages,
giving priority to French and Spanish functionalism approaches.
giving priority to French and Spanish functionalism approaches.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Following the previous disciplines of General and Portuguese Linguistics (Linguistic Studies and Portuguese Linguistics I), the curricular unit Portuguese Linguistics II has as its general objective to present some syntactic, semantic and pragmatic properties of the Portuguese (in particular, the European variant), from the analysis of structures that are typical of this Romance language.
The specific objectives of this discipline are:
- To consolidate the explicit knowledge of the syntactic structures that characterize the Portuguese language.
- To know the instruments of syntactic analysis that allow the description of sentence structures.
- To reflect on how the syntactic configurations determine the semantic and pragmatic interpretation.
- To identify, correct and explain the cause of cases of violation of the norm relative to the considered aspects.
The specific objectives of this discipline are:
- To consolidate the explicit knowledge of the syntactic structures that characterize the Portuguese language.
- To know the instruments of syntactic analysis that allow the description of sentence structures.
- To reflect on how the syntactic configurations determine the semantic and pragmatic interpretation.
- To identify, correct and explain the cause of cases of violation of the norm relative to the considered aspects.
Contents
1. Syntax
1.1. Word Classes and syntactic classes (identification criteria); syntactic functions.
1.2. From the simple sentence structure to the complex one: the verbal phrase; expansions; the phenomena of coordination and subordination.
1.3. Fundamental syntactic structures of the Portuguese Language: coordination nexus and major connectors; subordination construction (completive, relative, adverbial).
2. Critical fields
2.1. Grammatical agreement.
2.2. The SVO order (discussion).
2.3. Relative clauses.
2.4. Coreference and anaphora.
1.1. Word Classes and syntactic classes (identification criteria); syntactic functions.
1.2. From the simple sentence structure to the complex one: the verbal phrase; expansions; the phenomena of coordination and subordination.
1.3. Fundamental syntactic structures of the Portuguese Language: coordination nexus and major connectors; subordination construction (completive, relative, adverbial).
2. Critical fields
2.1. Grammatical agreement.
2.2. The SVO order (discussion).
2.3. Relative clauses.
2.4. Coreference and anaphora.
Teaching Methods
Theoretical-practical sessions will take the following format:
- Dialogue-based presentation of the content.
- Analysis of small corpora and bibliographic consultations.
- Exercises in (training exercises) and at home.
- Didactic activities (for example, oral presentations by students) to monitor acquired knowledge.
Tutorial sessions are aimed at helping students with specific needs and preparing individual work.
- Dialogue-based presentation of the content.
- Analysis of small corpora and bibliographic consultations.
- Exercises in (training exercises) and at home.
- Didactic activities (for example, oral presentations by students) to monitor acquired knowledge.
Tutorial sessions are aimed at helping students with specific needs and preparing individual work.
Teaching Staff (2023/2024 )
- Maria do Céu Brás da Fonseca [responsible]
