Overall objectives:

1 - Acquire competences in theory and methodology in scientific research in the area of Linguistics, namely, identifying adequate objects of study, selecting and collecting data, compiling corpora, using quantitative and qualitative research methods, critical analysis, information processing and interpreting.
2 - Obtain the methodological tools for research and analysis, in order to develop a range of academic, critical and reflective skills that will allow an appropriate application of the acquired expertise in the preparation of the students' master theses/projects.
3 - Understand the development of languages from a historical perspective.
4 - Identify the specificities of the Portuguese language in comparison with and contrast to other languages the students are familiar with (e. g. in German, Spanish, English).

Syllabus:

1 - Comparative, contrastive, historical and typological (and universalist) linguistics.
2 - History of contrastive linguistics, strong claim, weak claim, equivalence, semantic concept (tertium comparationis), interference (interlinguistic, intralinguistic, backlash interference, proactive interference)
3 - Contrastive morphological, phonetic, syntactic, semantic and lexicographic analysis
4 - Presentation of contrastive linguistic projects
5 - New tendences in contrastive studies.
6 - Contrastive cognitive linguistics
7 - Contrastive pragmatics.
8 - Where next for contrastive studies? From contrastive to intercultural.
9 - Topics chosen by students

Literature/Sources:

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Connor, U. , 1996 , Contrastive rhetoric: cross-cultural aspects of second language writing. , Cambridge University Press
Crystal, D. , 2001 , Language and the Internet. , Cambridge University Press.
Crystal, D. , 2011 , Internet Linguistics: A Student Guide. , Routledge
Di Pietro, R. J. , 1986 , Estructuras lingüísticas en contraste. , Editorial Gredos
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Franco, A. , 1989 , Duas línguas em contraste. Português e Alemão. , Instituto de Estudos Germanísticos
Franco Barros, M. , 2020 , "Pseudónimos ou nomes reais? Breve análise linguística de nicknames de utilizadores espanhóis nos média sociais e comparação com nicknames de utilizadores alemães e portugueses". In S. Mateus/ J. Pinheiro/ M. Franco Barros (eds.). , Universidade da Madeira/SOPCOM
Franco Barros, M. , 2018 , "14. Spanisch". In P. Schlobinski/ T. Siever (eds.) Nicknamen international - Zur Namenwahl in sozialen Medien in 14 Sprachen, , Peter Lang
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Kurtes, S. , 2006 , "Contrastive analysis at work: theoretical considerations and their practical application". Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, Volume Temático: Linguistica Contrastiva, No. 9/1 - Junho de 2006. , Centro de Letras e Ciências Humanas
Kurtes, S. , 2008 , "An investigation into the pragmatics of grammar: cultural scripts in contrast". In M. Pütz and J. Neff van Aertselaer (eds.). Developing Contrastive pragmatics: interlanguage and cross-cultural perspectives. , Mouton de Gruyter
Kurtes, S. , 2009 , "New horizons for contrastive analysis: grammatical prototypes as tertium comparationis". In A. Tsangalidis (ed). Selected papers from the 18th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
The curricular unit is co-taught by two lecturers, each responsible for a module. The first module covers the topics 1-4 and is taught by Dr Mario Franco Barros, and the second module covers the topics 5-9, taught by Dr Svetlana Kurtes. The introductory sessions of each module tend to be more expository, although always theoretical-practical with a view to reviewing the key concepts that the students may already be familiar with. Then the new concepts are introduced. The learning process is always multidirectional and collaborative, involving the students' and the teacher' interaction, promoting the dialogue and debate during the acquisition of new concepts. At the end of each session there is dedicated tutorial support from the teacher, helping the students to prepare for their written and oral assignments, each weighting 50 % of the final mark. The final mark is the arithmetic average of both assessment components.