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Portuguese Linguistic Contacts: Testimonies of Linguistic Historiography

Code 16604
Year 1
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 6
Workload TP(45H)
Scientific area Linguística
Entry requirements --
Learning outcomes -To know the main grammatical and lexicographic works of the Portuguese language.
-To know the different periods in the history of linguistic ideas in Portugal.
-To deepen the knowledge of Portuguese historiography in the face of other realities that influenced Portuguese linguistic thought.

-Critical ability to recognize and discriminate periods, works and authors.
-Ability to work with different texts.
Syllabus 1. Historiography. Concept

2. Linguistic historiography of Portuguese.
2.1. Grammaticography (s. XVI to the present)
2.2. Lexicography (s. XVI to the present)

3. Grammaticography
3.1. First grammars, in the shadow of Latin (s. XVI)
3.2. Grammars of Portuguese, a foreign language (17th century)
3.3. Grammars in the shadow of Latin (18th century)
3.4. Grammars in the shadow of Port-Royal (19th century). Philosophical grammars.
3.5. Structuralist grammars (20th century)
3.6. Generative grammars (20th century)
3.7. TLEBS
3.8. The Terminological Dictionary.
3.9. Paiva Raposo et al.

4. Lexicography
4.1. Latin-Portuguese beginnings (s. XVI-XVII)
4.2. First living language bilinguals (ss. XVII-XIX)
4.3. Multilingual works (ss. XVI to XIX)
4.4. The first monolinguals (18th century)
4.5. First etymological and encyclopedic dictionaries(19th century)
4.6. The great publishers (20th century)
4.7. Author's Dictionaries
4.8. Academia das Ciências.
Main Bibliography Almeida, Á. (1988): Dicionários parentes e aderentes, uma bibliografia de dicionários, enciclopédias, glossários, vocabulários e livros afins em que entra a língua portuguesa. Nova Stela.

Barbosa, J. (2002a): Dois séculos de dicionarística em Portugal: 1793-2001, Estudios Portugueses 2. Revista de Filología Portuguesa. Caja Duero, 45-53.

Barbosa, J. (2002b): Os Estudos de Lingüística Portuguesa em Portugal, in Congresso Internacional de Lexicografia e Literaturas no Mundo Lusofônico (De 17 a 21 de julho de 2000), Leodegário A. de Amarante Filho [org.]. Editora Ágora da Ilha, 145-158.

Fabbri, M. (1979): A Bibliography of Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Dictionaries. Piovan.

Louro, E. (s.d.): Gramáticos portugueses do século XVI: F. de Oliveira, J. de Barros, P. de M. de Gândavo, D. N. de Leão. Ressurgimento.

Verdelho, T. (1995): As origens da gramaticografia e da lexicografia latino-portuguesas. INIC.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria Oral presentation of a research paper (8 points)
Exam (12 points)
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2025-09-19

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