History of the Portuguese Language
History of the Portuguese Language introduces linguistic sources and historical/political factors shaping Portuguese and its global status.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2010: 3.69 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2012: 3.56 GPA, 62.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2014: 3.78 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
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.
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.
Apply conceptual knowledge of Linguistics to debunk popular myths about language that may be hurtful and discriminatory to particular groups of people.
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapPORTUG 225 or 226
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Professors
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2010: 3.69 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2012: 3.56 GPA, 62.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2014: 3.78 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
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Topics
- Linguistic sources and historical/political factors contributing to the formation of Portuguese.
- Current status of Portuguese in the world.
- Sub-disciplines of linguistics including phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, and historical linguistics.
- Social, cultural, and racial diversity in the Portuguese-speaking world and its relation to dialects.
Skills
- Describe how linguists in sub-disciplines such as phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, and historical linguistics study Portuguese.
- Identify social, cultural, and racial diversity in the Portuguese-speaking world and explain its reflection in distinct varieties and dialects.
- Apply conceptual knowledge of linguistics to debunk popular myths about language that may be hurtful or discriminatory.
Grades
Latest available · Fall 2014— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
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Model & dataset provenance
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