Portuguese Grammar

Recommended Prerequisites

Level C1 in Portuguese is a prerequisite for all courses in the program.

Teaching Methods

Work on the syllabus topics will be developed from critical readings and theoretical presentations. Students are expected to complete research assignments (e.g. discussion and application of theoretical models, corpora analysis). These tasks will be developed either individually or in group, under supervision, so that they will function as an approach to research in linguistics.

Learning Outcomes

This seminar provides students with basic tools for the development of a critical thought about essential Portuguese structures. Upon completing the course, students should be able to:

1.General competencies: At the end of this course, students should be able to:

- plan, under supervision, an original research project in the areas of the course;

- select and analyse a theoretical framework, critical readings and linguistic data, according to the research aims;

- complete and to discuss original research work.

2. Specific competencies:

- discuss the notions treated in class;

- correlate Portuguese morphosyntactic, syntactic and semantic structures in Portuguese, as well as its interfaces.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Portuguese Morphosyntax.
1.1. Sentence syntax. Word syntax. Word classes.
1.2. Structural and funcional organization of sentences and phrases.
2. Semantic organization of sentences and phrases.
3. Tense, aspect and modality.
4. Syntax and semantics interfaces.
4.1. Constructions and processes.
4.2. Grammaticalization. Lexicalization.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Joana de Almeida Vieira dos Santos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 15.0%
Synthesis work: 35.0%
Research work: 50.0%

Bibliography

Castilho, Ataliba de. (2010), Nova gramática do português brasileiro. São Paulo: Contexto.
Jackendoff, Ray (2010), Meaning and the Lexicon: The Parallel Architecture 1975-2010. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
Mateus, M.H.M. et al. (2003), Gramática da Língua Portuguesa (5ª ed. revista e aumentada). Lisboa: Caminho.
Neves, Maria Helena de Moura. (2000), Gramática de usos do português. Araraquara, Editora Unesp.
Raposo, Eduardo Paiva et al. (ed.s) (2013), Gramática do Português. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Rappaport Hovav, Malka; Edit Doron; Ivy Sichel eds. (2010), Lexical Semantics, Syntax, and Event Structure. Oxford,Oxford University Press.
Van Valin, R. D. (2005), Exploring the syntax-semantics interface. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Williams, Alexander (2015), Arguments in Syntax and Semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.