ECTS: 6
Departament: Department of Humanities
Field of Study: Linguistics
Keywords:
- Meaning and referent, referential ambiguity, anaphoric reference and deixis reference
- Grammar tenses and temporal-aspect reference
- Mode types
- Illocutionary acts in verbal interactions
Carla Aurélia Rodrigues de Almeida
Área Científica: Linguistics.
E-mail: calmeida@uab.pt
Course Description:
The course unit program focuses on the following issues:
(I) the semantic structure of the sentence - meaning and referent;
(Ii) the specific aspects of the construction of reference (deixis and anaphora);
(Iii) aspectual and temporal values and modal values;
(Iv) the (syntactic-semantic) grammar phenomena typical of Portuguese;
(V) analysis of temporal adjuncts acting as event locators;
(Vi) the illocutionary pragmatics and the interactional analysis.
Competences:
General competences:
(i) distinguishing grammar relations;
(ii) mastering concepts of tense and aspect;
(iii) distinguishing the meaning of meaning;
(iv) analysing issues on Language use and Linguistic Pragmatics;
Specific competences:
(i) establishing relations among Lexicon, Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics;
(ii) distinguishing the concepts of meaning and referent, referential and predicative expressions and defined and undefined expressions;
(iii) distinguishing different types of aspectual and modal values, recognizing the corresponding markers;
(iv) identifying different types of anaphoric reference;
(v) distinguishing and relating anaphoric reference and deixis references;
(vi) analysing illocutionary acts in different situational contexts.
Contents:
The course unit program focuses on the following issues:
(i) the distinction between linguistic competence and communication competence;
(ii) the distinction between Sentence/Statement and Text/Speech;
(iii) the relations among Lexicon, Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics;
(iv) the contribution of the Lexicon: the verb as the main category of the sentence;
(v) the semantic structure of the sentence - meaning and referent;
(vi) the predication - semantic characterization of verbal predicates;
(vii) the aspectual and temporal values and modal values;
(viii) the (syntactic-semantic) grammar phenomenon typical of Portuguese;
(ix) the specific aspects of the construction of reference (deixis and anaphora);
(x) the grammar and pragmatics of some types of verbs (full verbs, auxiliary, copulative);
(xi) the verb and the language action dimension - the illocutionary theory;
(xii) the discursive functioning of illocutionary acts;
(xiii) illocutionary acts and discourse sequences.
Bibliography:
Bibliografia obrigatória - (a adquirir pelo aluno):
GOUVEIA, Carlos, 1996, “Pragmática” in FARIA, I. H.; PEDRO, E. R.; DUARTE, I.; GOUVEIA, C. (Orgs.), 1996, Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, Lisboa, Caminho, p. 383-419.
LIMA, José Pinto de, 2007, Pragmática Linguística, Lisboa, Editorial Caminho, Colecção O essencial sobre Língua Portuguesa.
MACÁRIO LOPES, Ana Cristina & Graça RIO-TORTO, 2007, Semântica, Lisboa, Editorial Caminho, Colecção O essencial sobre Língua Portuguesa.
OLIVEIRA, F., 1996 “Semântica” in FARIA, I. H.; PEDRO, E. R.; DUARTE, I.; GOUVEIA, C. (Orgs.), 1996, Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, Lisboa, Caminho, p. 333-382.
Bibliografia geral (de consulta):
CAMPOS, Maria Henriqueta Costa; XAVIER, M. Francisca, 1991, Sintaxe e Semântica do Português, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta, caps. 7, 8, 11 e 12.
CARREIRA, Maria Helena Araújo, 2001, Semântica e discurso. Estudos de linguística portuguesa e comparativa (Português/Francês), Porto, Porto Editora, Colecção Linguística da Porto Editora, nº 13.
DUARTE, Inês, 2000, Língua Portuguesa. Instrumentos de análise, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta, cap. 7.
FARIA, I. H.; PEDRO, E. R.; DUARTE, I.; GOUVEIA, C. (Orgs.), 1996, Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, Lisboa, Caminho.
FONSECA, J., 1993, Estudos de Sintaxe-Semântica e Pragmática do Português, Porto, Porto Editora (Colecção Linguística da Porto Editora, nº 1).
p. 383-419.
FONSECA, J., 1994, Pragmática Linguística. Introdução, Teoria e Descrição do Português, Porto, Porto Editora, Colecção Linguística da Porto Editora, nº 5.
LIMA, José Pinto de, 1989, Linguagem e acção – da filosofia analítica à linguística pragmática, Lisboa, Apáginastantas, Colecção Materiais Críticos.
MATEUS, M. H. et al., [1983/2003], Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa, Caminho, 5ª edição revista e aumentada de 2003.
XAVIER, Maria Francisca; MATEUS, Maria Helena Mira (org.) 1990-1992, Dicionário de Termos Linguísticos, vol. I e II, Lisboa, Edições Cosmos, disponível online no seguinte local: http://www.ait.pt/recursos/dic_term_ling/index2.htm
Videogramas da UAb:
ALMEIDA, Carla Aurélia de, 2000, “Actos de Discurso – A oferta e o convite”, Videograma de Introdução aos Estudos Linguísticos, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta, Programa 8 – cassete v. 2641.
CAMPOS, Maria Henriqueta Costa; XAVIER, M. Francisca, 1991, “Algumas características do Português”, Videograma de Sintaxe e Semântica do Português, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta, Programa 4 cassete nº 0984.00.
Format:
E-learning.
Workload (hours): 156
Contact Hours: 15
Assessment:
Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 or 3 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a presence-based final exam (p-folio) in the end of the semester (60%).
In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final presence-based exam (100%).
Comments:
To enroll in this course unit students are required to have successfully achieved Introduction to Linguistic Studies I and Introduction to Linguistic Studies II.
Students are required to have access to a computer with Internet broadband connection.
Language(s) of Instruction: Portuguese.
Contact for virtual mobility students:
GDERI/International Affairs - ri@uab.pt