| Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios |
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| Lingua Inglesa e os seus Usos 2 |
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| Identifying Data | 2013/14 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Lingua Inglesa e os seus Usos 2 | Code | 613G03037 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Fourth | Obligatoria | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Metaphors related to plants and trees The environment Service encounters (See text book mentioned in section 8, sources of information) |
Metaphors based on plants; verbs related to growth; collocations; Service encounters on Internet. |
| 2. Authorities, customs, police. History Poverty |
Vocabulary related to immigration, traffic police, etc. Vocabluary for dealing with history; collocations; Vocabulary about poverty and lack of means |
| 3. British politics Language of Law War and peace |
words related to how a state functions. words for crimes; adjectives specifically for legal contexts; legal words in common use Attitudes towards war and peace; metaphors of conflict |
| 4. Economics and finance Personal finance The media: the printed word |
Vocabulary for dealing with international aid, trade, economic difficulties Expressing personal economic circumstances. Sections in the press; types of printed material in circulation |
| 5. The media: Internet and e-mails Advertising The news |
Special vocabulary for Internet. Language of advertising. Gathering and spreading news; journalism; types of publications |
| 6. Newspaper headlines Metaphors of sport Space: expanse and confinement |
Characteristics of headlines; eye-catching vocabulary Vocabulary and metaphors from sport, diet and health Expressing concepts of space; metaphors for ample or limited space |
| 7. Time Motion Manner |
Sequence and duration Colloquial expressions of time; sayings related to passage of time Nuances of speed and movement; verbs/adjectives with non-literal meaning |
| 8. Sound Weight and density Colour: range and intensity |
From silence to noice; specific verbs for certain noises, set phrases about sounds Synonyms for heavy; literal uses of weighing; words to express density Specific colours, related metaphors; exotic associations of words for colours |
| 9. Speed Cause and effect Comparison and contrast |
Expression of different ways of moving quickly/slowly; metaphors of speed Verbs expressing cause/effect, collocations How to express similarity and contrast |
| 10. Difficulties, dilemmas, hitches Modality Complaints and protests |
Nouns and adjectives relating to difficulties and dilemmas Modal verbs and the expression of facts, opinions and wishes; probability; advice, obligation Formal and informal complaints |
| 11. Apologising, forgiving and reconciliation. Promises, bets Speech: style and articulation |
Collocations; apologies in legal contexts; peace settlement (lit/fig); Formal / colloquial promises; Expressions about betting Volume: from quiet to loud; describing ways of speaking; speech and articulation problems |
| 12. Vague language expression Types of idioms Phrasal verbs (I) |
Vague expressions for numbers; making actions /ideas less precise (informal) Idioms: Verb and object, prepositional phrase, compounds and other types of phrasal verbs Understanding and learning phrasal verbs; diagrams |
| 13. Phrasal verbs (II) Phrasal verbs (III) British English/US English |
Other less known phrasal verbs; new combinations Phrasal verbs with two particles/prepositions Contrast between British and American usage. |
| 14. Language and gender The language of age and social class |
Gender awareness; non-sexist variations Implicit references denoting social class, background, age. |
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