Introduction to Portuguese and General Linguistics

Base Knowledge

N/A

Teaching Methodologies

Classes are expositive but there will always be practical exercises using as working language, PSL.

Continuous evaluation: 2 bilingual tests 50% each.

Final Evaluation: Bilingual Exam: 100%

Learning Results

Understand general linguistics notions

Apply terms from general linguistics to PSL and Portugues

Understand basic  notions from morphology

Describe minimal units from PSL

Program

General Linguistics

Language in the brain, language in hands

Iconicity, arbirtarierness, convencionality

Linguistc’s Branches

Language in society: Mother Language; Second Language; Natural Language; Foreign Langguae, First Language

Minimal units in PSL

Handshape and lexical process

Movement: sylabs

Hand orientation

Non Manual Expression: morphological values

Minimal pairs

Grading Methods

Continuing Evaluation
  • - 2 continuous evaluation tests, bilingual (50% each) - 100.0%
Exam
  • - Bilingual exam - 100.0%

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

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CASTRO, I. de, Curso de História da Língua. Lisboa, Universidade Aberta,2001.

 FARIA, I. H. et al., Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa. Lisboa, Caminho, 1996.

MATEUS, M. H. M., A. ANDRADE, M. C. VIANA e A. VILLALVA, Fonética, Fonologia e Morfologia do Português. Lisboa, Universidade Aberta, 1990. MATEUS; M. H. M. et al. – Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa, Caminho, 2004.

RAPOSO, E. P. et al. – Gramática do português, vols. 1 e 2. Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013.

 SANDLER, W. & LILLO-MARTIN – Sign Language and Linguistic Universals. Cambridge: University Press, 2006. SAUSSURE, F. – Curso de linguística geral. Lisboa, Dom Quixote, 1992