PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS

The course of Portuguese Linguistic is part of the linguistic-philological-glottodidactic course of Language, Civilization and Language Sciences course and it is aimed at students who have Portuguese and Brazilian language in their study plan.
The general objectives of the course are to: 1) develop language reflection skills and 2) provide basic methodological tools for linguistic analysis and for interlingual comparison. Particular attention is devoted to lexical, syntactic and textual aspects.

1. Knowledge and understanding:
The students know the linguistic terminology and the specialized lexicon of the discipline.
The students know and understand the recent acquisitions of linguistic theories regarding the Portuguese language.
The students know and understand the significant interlinguistic variations between the Portuguese and the Italian grammatical system.

2. Applying knowledge and understanding:
The students are able to use the analysis tools of formal linguistics to describe and understand aspects of Portuguese syntax.
The students know how to identify and reflect on the interlinguistic variations between the syntax of Portuguese and the syntax of Italian.
The students know how to properly use linguistic terminology in the application of acquired knowledge, for example in the analysis of new data or in the teaching of Portuguese.
The students know how to apply the acquired knowledge to obtain new linguistic data.
The students are able to solve problems of linguistic analysis of some complexity.

3. Making judgments:
The students are able to present a hypothesis on data from the Portuguese.
The students are able to produce examples of Portuguese to support or refute a syntactic hypothesis.

4. Communication skills:
The students express in writing the hypotheses and linguistic aspects covered during the course using the specific Portuguese terminology of linguistic studies.
The students are able to expose the topics covered during the course with terminological properties.
The students are able, during the lessons, to interact with peers and with the teacher in a critical and proper way.

5. Learning skills:
The students are able to develop critical reasoning in linguistics.
The students are able to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to a more or less expert audience in Portuguese.
The students are able to research and select adequate bibliographic sources to study the linguistic phenomena of Portuguese.
The students are able to develop the skills acquired to undertake higher studies.

The students who access this course are in possession of level B1+/B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and have basic knowledge of linguistic theory and syntax.

During the course elements of formal linguistics will be addressed (in a comparative key PB-PE-IT), focusing in particular on the following topics:
1. The organization of the lexicon
1.1 Lexicalization processes
1.2 Grammaticalization processes
2. The structure of the sentence
3. Lexical and syntagmatic classes
3.1 Elements of the noun phrase
3.2 Verb and verb phrase
3.3 Adjective and adjectival phrase
3.4 Preposition and prepositional phrase
3.5 Adverb and adverb phrase
4. The textual organization
4.1 What is a text
4.2 The logical-semantic organization of the text
4.2 The referential organization of text

Required texts
Chaves R., Organização do léxico, in AA.VV., GRAMÁTICA DO PORTUGUÊS, vol. 1, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013, pp. 185-212.
Ferrari A.. CHE COS'È UN TESTO, Roma, Carocci, 2019.
Gonçalves A. & Raposo E. B. P., Verbo e sintagma verbal, , in AA.VV., GRAMÁTICA DO PORTUGUÊS, vol. 2, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013, pp. 1155-1218.
Mendes A., Processos de gramaticalização, in AA.VV., GRAMÁTICA DO PORTUGUÊS, vol. 1, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013, pp. 249-293.
Mendes A., Organização do texto e articulação das orações, in AA.VV., GRAMÁTICA DO PORTUGUÊS, vol. 2, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013, pp.1691- 1755.
Nascimento M. F. B. do, Processos de lexicalização, in AA.VV., GRAMÁTICA DO PORTUGUÊS, vol. 1, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013, pp.215-246.
Palermo M., I. LINGUISTICA ITALIANA, 2 ed., Bologna, il Mulino, 2020 (I. Testo e sintassi, pp. 21-71).
Raposo E. B. P., Estrutura da frase, in AA.VV., GRAMÁTICA DO PORTUGUÊS, vol. 1, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013, pp. 303-398.
Rossi F., Ruggiano F., L'ITALIANO SCRITTO: USI, REGOLE E DUBBI, Roma, Carocci, 2019 (3. Costruire e organizzare le informazioni: sintassi, coesione e coerenza, pp.81-139).
Veloso R. & Raposo E. B. P., Adjetivo e sintagma adjetival, in AA.VV., GRAMÁTICA DO PORTUGUÊS, vol. 2, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013, pp. 1359-1413.

Optional reading or supplementary readings
Kato M. A. & Nascimento M. do. (Orgs.), GRAMÁTICA DO PORTUGUÊS CULTO FALADO NO BRASIL – VOLUME II – A CONSTRUÇÃO DA SENTENÇA, São Paulo, Contexto, 2015.
Neves M. H. M., TEXTO E GRAMÁTICA, São Paulo, Contexto, 2006.

Additional bibliographic material may be indicated or distributed by the teacher during the course and will be made available online.

The written exam consists of a test made of 5 open questions / exercises which will cover all the linguistics aspects studied during the course. Duration: 2 hours.
During the written test, the use of books, notes, electronic media is not allowed.
To pass the exam, a short written paper (5-10 pp.) on a topic discussed in the course is also required.

Frontal teaching; thematic seminars.
Lessons are held in Portuguese.

Regular attendance is recommended.
Non-attending students are invited to contact the teacher at the beginning of the academic year.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development