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Varieties of Portuguese

Code 16593
Year 1
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 6
Workload TP(45H)
Scientific area Linguística
Entry requirements - Excellent command of the Portuguese language (oral and written). - Knowledge of Portuguese Linguistics.
Mode of delivery - Teaching with classroom lectures and practices in a dynamic seminar.
Work placements Not applicable.
Learning outcomes - Understand theories of variation and change.
- Equating change in time and space.
- Describe Portuguese in its multi-centrism.
Syllabus 1. Norm and variation
2. Portuguese as a pluricentric language
2.1. European Portuguese (EP): description and analysis
2.2. Brazilian Portuguese (BP): description and analysis
2.3. African Portuguese (Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde): description and analysis
3. Language policies in the Portuguese-speaking world
Main Bibliography ASSOCIAÇÃO PORTUGUESA DE LINGUÍSTICA (1994). Variação Linguística no Espaço, no Tempo e na Sociedade. Actas do Encontro Regional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística. Lisboa: APL/ Ed. Colibri. CINTRA, L. F. L (1983). Estudos de Dialectologia Portuguesa. Lisboa: Sá da Costa.
COSERIU, E. (1954). “La Geografia Linguistica”. In: El Hombre y su Lenguage. Estudios de Teoria y Metodologia Linguística. Madrid: Gredos. 103-158
CRUZ, M. L. S., SARAMAGO, J. (2001). “Variedades dialectais portuguesas”. In: Caminhos do Português, coord. M. H. M. Mateus, Lisboa: Biblioteca Nacional.
MATEUS, Maria Helena Mira e CARDEIRA, Esperança (2007). Norma e Variação. Lisboa: Caminho.
MATTOS E SILVA, R. V. (1988). “Diversidade e Unidade: A Aventura Linguística do Português”. Rev. ICALP, 11, 60-64.
VÁZQUEZ CUESTA, P., LUZ, M. A. M. (1971). Gramática da Língua Portuguesa. Trad. port. de Ana Maria Brito e Gabriela de Matos (1980). Lisboa: Edições 70.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria - Seminary classes: theoretical exposition and practical application and debate.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2023-09-24

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