History of the Portuguese Language

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01012279
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

 

Teaching Methods

Classes are theoretical-practical, including lectures for presentation of theoretical and methodological frameworks, followed by active peer-to peer and tutor-oriented discussions. Students are required to carry out to pre-programmed activities, involving reading assignments and analysis of relevant documents, and they are expected to actively participate in class activities.

Learning Outcomes

This course has two fundamental aims:
i) to provide the essential theoretical and methodological principles that will enable students to understand the evolution of natural languages and to frame the descriptive activities developed within this ambit;
ii) provide data (linguistic and other) that help students understand the Portuguese language in its historical dimension.

At the end of the semester, students should:
i) be able to include the dynamics of change in their understanding of the functioning of natural languages;
ii) know (and apply) essential theoretical and methodological issues inherent to the study of language;
iii) know the processes and results of specific changes in the Portuguese language.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Introductory framework: the process of linguistic change and its study.

2. Origins of the Portuguese language:

2.1. antecedents in the formation of Portuguese;

2.2. the early Iberian romances; Galician-Portuguese.

3. The individualization of periods in the history of the Portuguese language: from ancient Portuguese to classical Portuguese (sources, linguuistic features, relevant aspects of social history).

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria José Simões Pereira de Carvalho Antunes

Assessment Methods

Continuous evaluation
Mini Tests: 25.0%
Other: 25.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Castro, I. (1991). Curso de história da língua portuguesa. Lisboa: U.A.

Castro, I. (2006). Introdução à história do português (2ª ed.). Lisboa: Ed. Colibri.

Echenique Elizondo, T. (2005). Las lenguas de un reino: historia lingüística hispânica. Madrid: Editorial Gredos.

Lleal, C. (1990). La formación de las lenguas romances peninsulares. Barcelona: Barcanova.

Maia, C. (1986). História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal desde o século XIII ao século XVI. Coimbra: INIC.

Marquilhas, R. (2013). Fenómenos de mudança na história do português. In E.P. Raposo, F.B. Nascimento, M.A. Mota, L. Segura & A. Mendes (Eds.),  Gramática do Português. (Vol. I). (pp. 15-45). Lisboa: FCG.

Nunes, J.J. (1989). Compêndio de gramática histórica portuguesa (9ª ed.). Lisboa: Livraria Clássica Editora

Silva, R.V. (2008): O português arcaico. Uma aproximação. Lisboa: INCM.

Teyssier, P. (1982). História da língua portuguesa. Lisboa: Sá da Costa.