Linguistics
The Programme aims at promoting the student’s ability to develop autonomous research. The specific learning outcomes are: (i) to acquire knowledge in a stimulating research environment; (ii) to deepen the ability to bethink central aspects of the selected topic; (iii) to increase the skills for critical reasoning; (iv) to develop the ability to identify research problems, to formulate and test hypotheses, thus providing new results in the field.
The Porgramme is organised according to topics under debate in Linguistics and relates the identification of problems to the presentation of concepts, theories and techniques which lead the student to formulate questions and to plan research. Both reading and research will be performed in contact with teachers, PhD students and supervisors. This academic interaction has its natural environment in the CU and at CLUL. In parallel, the strong tutorial component promotes the development of the individual research projects.
This course treins for research on the Portuguese language, in its dialectal, historical and national varieties, taking it as a single focus, or in a comparative, theoretical or translinguistic perspective. Its flexible curriculum structure includes individualized study plans, adapted to the objectives of the research projects and specific training needs.
Access and ingress
The PhD in Linguistics follows the University of Lisbon Postgradute Studies Regulation (Art. No. 26 of Ordinance No. 2950/2015, DR No. 57 23 March 2015). Students applying to this programme have to match one of the three following conditions: a) hold an MA degree or equivalent; b) hold a Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, as well as an academic or scientific curriculum considered by the Scientific Council as relevant for attending the programme, thus attesting the student’s skills for this purpose. c) exceptionally, hold an academic, scientific or professional curriculum considered by the Scientific Council as showing their ability to become a student at the PhD programme, but no Bachelor’s degree. According to DR No. 63/2010, applicants must have working knowledge of at least two foreign languages, including English.
