In 2024/2025, applications will be invited for the following areas of specialisation: Linguistic Revision and Consultancy, Linguistics, and Terminology and Computational Lexicography. See the curriculum structure here.

Presentation

The general objective of the Master's Degree in Language Sciences is to provide the development of specialised knowledge and skills in different fields of language sciences, contributing to the training of professionals and researchers qualified to intervene in activities related to language and its various uses.

Objectives

  • To systematise fundamental concepts for linguistic description and analysis;
  • To learn about different linguistic theories and critically evaluate their suitability for the framework of work to be developed in different subareas;
  • To select methodologies of data collection and processing, in accordance with different goals and different tasks to be developed, and in articulation with different theoretical frameworks;
  • To apply theoretical knowledge and respective methodologies in the development of research into different languages and the execution of various types of activities in fields such as language development and language impairment; language consultancy and revision, terminology and computational lexicography within the area of specialization;
  • To identify problems and define strategies for their resolution using appropriate instruments and tools.
  • To prepare an original piece of work leading to the degree of Master.

Areas Of expertise

  • Language Development and Language Impairment
  • Linguistics
  • Linguistic Revision and Consultancy
  • Terminology and Computer Lexicography

Curricular structure

Duration: 3 semesters Total credits: 90 ECTS (60 in curricular units + 30 in the non-taught component)

Modalities of non-taught component: Dissertation, Project Work or Practical Work Experience with Report

Number of credits on a free-choice basis: Students may complete credits in a free-choice regime, according to the syllabus of the specialization in which they are enrolled. These options may be taken in post-graduate level curricular units at FCSH, UNL, or other national or foreign higher education institutions, by means of a protocol.

The Master’s degree corresponds to Level 7 of the NQF and EQF - National Qualifications Framework/European Qualifications Framework.

Course Structure per areas of expertise

 

Curricular units Semester  ECTS Observations
Norm and Variation  1st 10 Mandatory 
Text Functioning 1st 10 Mandatory 
Morphology 1st  5 Elective options 1 to 2 (the students takes 2 CU from this set)
Syntax  1st 5 Elective options 1 to 2 (the students takes 2 CU from this set)
Semantics  1st  5 Elective options 1 to 2 (the students takes 2 CU from this set)
Lexicology 1st 5 Elective options 1 to 2 (the students takes 2 CU from this set)
Instruments of Linguistic Normalization    1st 5 Mandatory
Theories and Practices of Writing  1st 5 Mandatory
Topics in Morphology 1st 5 Elective option 3 (the students takes 1 CU from this set)
Topics in Syntax   2nd 5 Elective option 3 (the students takes 1 CU from this set)
Topics in Semantics   2nd 5 Elective option 3 (the students takes 1 CU from this set)
Free option 2nd 10 Free choice in any master’s course at NOVA FCSH
Dissertation/Internship with Report/Project 3rd 30 Elective option 4
Curricular units Semester  ECTS Observations
Phonology 1st 5 Elective options 1 to 4 (the students takes 4 CU from this set)
Morphology 1st 5 Elective options 1 to 4 (the students takes 4 CU from this set)
Syntax  1st 5 Elective options 1 to 4 (the students takes 4 CU from this set)
Lexicology   1st 5 Elective options 1 to 4 (the students takes 4 CU from this set)
Text Functioning   1st 10 Mandatory 
Topics in Phonology  1st 5 Elective options 5 to 6 (the students takes 2 CU from this set)
Topics in Morphology 2nd 5 Elective options 5 to 6 (the students takes 2 CU from this set)
Topics in Semantics   2nd 5 Elective options 5 to 6 (the students takes 2 CU from this set)
Historical Linguistics  2nd 10 Elective options 5 to 6 (the students takes 2 CU from this set)
Free option 2nd 10 Free choice in any master’s course at NOVA FCSH
Dissertation/Internship with Report/Project 3rd 30 Elective option 7
Curricular units Semester  ECTS Observations
Phonology 1st 5 Elective options 1 to 2 (the students takes 2 CU from this set)
Morphology 1st 5 Elective options 1 to 2 (the students takes 2 CU from this set)
Syntax  1st 5 Elective options 1 to 2 (the students takes 2 CU from this set)
Semantics  1st 5 Elective options 1 to 2 (the students takes 2 CU from this set)
Lexicology  1st 5 Mandatory
Lexicography   1st 10 Mandatory
Theories in Terminology 1st 10 Mandatory 
Computational Linguistics    2nd 10 Mandatory 
Terminology and Ontologies  2nd 10 Mandatory
Free option 2nd 10 Free choice in any master’s course at NOVA FCSH
Dissertation/Internship with Report/Project 3rd 30 Elective option 3
Curricular units Semester  ECTS Observations
Phonology 1st 5 Elective options 1 to 3 (the students takes 3 CU from this set)
Morphology 1st 5 Elective options 1 to 3 (the students takes 3 CU from this set)
Syntax  1st 5 Elective options 1 to 3 (the students takes 3 CU from this set)
Semantics  1st 5 Elective options 1 to 3 (the students takes 3 CU from this set)
Language Acquisition and Language Impairment (Syntax and Semantics)  1st 5 Mandatory
Language Acquisition and Language Impairment (Phonology and Morphology)  1st 5 Mandatory
Methodologies for the Study of Language Acquisition  1st 5 Mandatory 
Second Language Acquisition  2nd 10 Mandatory 
Language Development in Multilingual Contexts  2nd 10 Mandatory
Free option 2nd 10 Free choice in any master’s course at NOVA FCSH
Dissertation/Internship with Report/Project 3rd 30 Elective option 4

Coordination