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Portuguese Grammar

Code 16912
Year 1
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 6
Workload TP(60H)
Scientific area Linguística
Entry requirements --
Learning outcomes 1. Understand the grammatical organization of the Portuguese language: from the word to the text.
2. Describe morphosyntactically and semantically the Portuguese language.
Syllabus 1. Language, Linguistic Community, Variation and Change
1.1 Origin and evolution of the Portuguese language
1.2 Portuguese and the language community
2. Morphology and Word Classes
2.1 Variable words and invariable words
2.2 Word classes and their morphology
2.3 Constitution and formation of words
3. Lexicology
3.1 Renovation and enrichment of the lexicon
3.2 Semantic relationships between words
3.3 Lexical structures: lexical field and semantic field
3.4 Idioms
4. Syntax
4.1 The sentence
4.2 Syntactic functions
4.3 The complex sentence
5. Semantics
5.1 Semantic values: temporal value, modal value and aspectual value
6. Discourse Analysis, Rhetoric, Pragmatics and Textual Linguistics
6.1 Deixis
6.2 Speech acts
6.3 Coherence and Cohesion
Main Bibliography BECHARA, E.; Moderna Gramática Portuguesa, E. Lucerna, 1999.
Cunha. C. & L. F. Cintra; Nova Gramática do Português Contemporâneo, Lisboa, João Sá da Costa, 1984.
DUARTE, I.; Língua Portuguesa. Instrumentos de Análise, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta, 2000.
FARIA, I. H. et alii; Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, Lisboa, Caminho, 1996.
Complementar Bibliography:
MATEUS; M. H. et alii; Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa, Caminho, 2003.
Mateus, M.H. e A.Villalva; O Essencial sobre Linguística, Lisboa, Caminho, 2006.
Raposo, Eduardo et alii (orgs). Gramática do Português, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria Lessons will be based on the theoretical exposition of the programmatic contents, supported by the students' completion of practical tasks that allow the consolidation of the learned contents.
Final assement will be conducted through two written tests, each weighing 50%.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2025-10-08

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