Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
Objectives
In this curricular unit, students are expected to develop basic skills of linguistic analysis, which allow them to:
1. Distinguish descriptive and normative attitudes in linguistic analysis;
2. Identify different components of linguistic analysis, as well as the units in
each component;
3. Be familiar with and be able to apply different methodologies appropriate for
the identification of language units at each level of analysis;
4. Create paradigms relevant to linguistic analysis;
5. Observe regularities and draw conclusions through the manipulation of linguistic data.
6. Develop the ability to observe and compare different language
systems;
General characterization
Code
711131044
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Joana Maria Rodrigues Batalha Marchão
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Cunha, C. e L. F. Lindley Cintra (1984) Nova Gramática do Português
Contemporâneo, Lisboa: Ed. J. Sá da Costa.
Duarte, I. (2000) Língua Portuguesa. Instrumentos de Análise. Lisboa: Univ.
Aberta.
Finegan, E. (2014) Language: Its Structure and Use. Boston: Wadsworth,
Cengage Learning, 7ª ed.
Fromkin, V., R. Rodman and N. Hyams (2014) An Introduction to Language.
Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 10ª ed.
Martins, A. M. e E. Carrilho (orgs.) (2016) Manual de Linguística Portuguesa.
De Gruyter Mouton.
Mateus, M. H. M. et al (orgs.) (2003) Gramática da Língua Portuguesa. Lisboa:
Caminho, 5ª ed.
OGrady, W., J. Archibald and F. Katamba (2011) Contemporary Linguistics: An
Introduction (Learning About Language). Longman.
Raposo, E. et al (orgs.) (2013/2018/2020) Gramática do Português. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Teaching method
Classes with a theoretical and a practical component (practice exercises and
problem solving).
Evaluation method
Evaluation Methodologies - final test(50%), intermediate test(30%), short practical tasks during the semester(20%)
Subject matter
1. Descriptive and prescriptive attitudes towards grammar. Modules of the grammar and linguistic units.
2. Methodological perspectives in linguistic analysis.
3. Analysis of different linguistic units:
3.1. Sounds:
a) representation of sounds;
b) phonemes and their variants;
c) syllable.
3.2. Words:
a) morphemes and their variants;
b) processes of word formation;
c) word classes and subclasses.
3.3. Sentences:
a) sentence constituents and syntactic functions;
b) word order;
c) processes of complex sentence formation.