Institute of Language Studies
 
Research lines
 
1.
  Study of the grammatical structures of natural languages. It includes its interfaces with phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicology, structural aspects addressed in sociolingistics, in the description of indigenous languages, in historical and comparative linguistics. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1995). Line linked to the LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT.
 
2.
  Study of the sounds of natural languages. Includes phonology, phonetics, speech disorders, speech technology. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1995). Line linked to the LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT.
 
3.
  Study of the nature and factors of meaning. It includes projects relating to the philosophy of language, semantics, pragmatics, various aspects of theories of text, discourse and psychoanalysis. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1995). Line linked to the LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT.
 
4.
  Study of the relationships between language, culture and society. Includes projects in sociolingistics, ethnolingistics, anthropological linguistics, speech ethnography, historical linguistics. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1995). Line linked to the LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT.
 
5.
  Study of the relationships between brain/mind and language. Includes projects in psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, language and cognitive processes. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1995). Line linked to the LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT.
 
6.
  Study of the relationships between language, text and discourse. Includes projects related to spoken language, text theories and discourse analysis. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1995). Line linked to the LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT.
 
7.
  Study of languages ​​and classical texts. It includes projects related to the study of Latin and Greek and texts from these languages, whether literary or not, whatever the methodology and objective. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1995). Line linked to the LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT.
 
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  Study of the constitution of theories in linguistic wholes. It includes projects whose objective is to discuss topics related to history, the analysis of theories in linguistic methods, and linguistic epistemology. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1995). Line linked to the LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT.
 
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  Study of the acquisition of oral and written language.It includes projects that involve all aspects of *normal* and language acquisition with disorders, as well as those that deal with the relationships between linguistics and writing, literacy. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1995). Line linked to the LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT.
 
10
  Studies of the Relationships between Language, Subject and History.It includes projects whose objective is to understand language in relation to the subject, history, ideology, and the unconscious. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1998). Line linked to the LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT.
 
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  Language, Culture and Interaction in Institutional Contexts. Research on the construction of social identity, classroom interaction, transcultural and/or interethnic issues in bidialectal and bilingual contexts. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1991). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS.
 
12
  Brazilian Literature of the Colonial Period. Studies of culture, history and literary criticism, with the main corpus being texts produced in Brazil during the colonial period. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1997). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
13
  Brazilian Literature of the 19th Century. Studies of culture, history and literary criticism, with texts produced in nineteenth-century Brazil as the main corpus. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1997). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
14
  Brazilian Literature of the 20th Century. Studies of culture, history and literary criticism, with the main corpus being texts produced in 1997th century Brazil. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in XNUMX). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
15
  Medieval Portuguese Literature. Studies of culture, history and literary criticism, with the main corpus being texts produced in Portugal during the Middle Ages. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1997). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
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  Classic Portuguese Literature. Studies of culture, history and literary criticism, with the main corpus being texts produced in Portugal during the 1997th, XNUMXth, XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in XNUMX). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
17
  Modern Portuguese Literature. Studies of culture, history and literary criticism, with the main corpus being texts produced in Portugal during the 1997th and XNUMXth centuries. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in XNUMX). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
18
  Comparative Literary Analysis. Literary studies compared by regions, periods, genres, disciplines and/or literary and cultural movements. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1997). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
19
  Criticism: history and methodology. Studies focused on discussing the history of literary criticism and its methods. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1997). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
20
  Poetics: genres, styles, literary movements. Literary theory studies focused on studies of problems of literary periodization, period styles, aesthetic-cultural movements and literary genres. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1997). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
21
  Textual criticism: critical edition, annotated editions and translations.Theoretical and critical studies of the problems of editing and annotating literary texts. Editing and translation practice. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1997). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
22
  Production, circulation and reception of literary texts. Historical, empirical and theoretical studies of the production, circulation and reception of literary texts. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1997). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
23
  Other Vernacular Literature. Studies of literary works and authors of other classic or modern vernacular literature from countries, regions or locations included in linguistic cultures of Lus�phone tradition, such as, among others , Galician and literature in the language by (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1999). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
24
  Interdisciplinary Literature Studies. Research aimed at examining the theoretical, historical, aesthetic or cultural relationships established between literary productions and contributions from the human and social sciences, or arts and communication ������s, among other related domains. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1999). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
25
  Modern Foreign Literatures. Specialized or monographic studies of authors and literary works belonging to foreign countries or cultures, from the Renaissance to the contemporary period, including those produced in Spanish, Italian, French, English and German. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1999). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY THEORY.
 
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  Reading, Writing Acquisition and Literacy. Investigations into the psychogenesis of writing, the production of texts in mother tongue, second language and foreign language, as well as literacy practices in everyday situations. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1991). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS.
 
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  Foreign Language Acquisition and Second Language. Research around the planning of language courses, the social, psychological, political and cultural aspects of acquisition, the teaching of a foreign language through other disciplines, the analysis of teaching material and contrastive analysis. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1991). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS.
 
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  Translation Theory and Teaching. Investigations into the relationships between theory and ideology, translation and deconstruction, translation and psychoanalysis, translation and reception, translation and criticism, teaching of foreign languages ​​and translation, the translation of literary works, translation as interdisciplinary (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1991). Line linked to the DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS.