HISTORY OF THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: PORTUG 225 or 226 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2020 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the field of linguistics and illustrate the ways in which linguists in distinct sub-disciplines like phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics and historical linguistics study Portuguese. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the social, cultural and racial diversity that characterizes the Portuguese-speaking world and explain how this is reflected in distinct varieties/dialects of Portuguese. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply conceptual knowledge of Linguistics to debunk popular myths about language that may be hurtful and discriminatory to particular groups of people. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the field of linguistics and illustrate the ways in which linguists in distinct sub-disciplines like phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics and historical linguistics study Portuguese. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the social, cultural and racial diversity that characterizes the Portuguese-speaking world and explain how this is reflected in distinct varieties/dialects of Portuguese. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply conceptual knowledge of Linguistics to debunk popular myths about language that may be hurtful and discriminatory to particular groups of people. Audience: Undergraduate