Applied Linguistics
Major Areas:
- Theory, practice and teaching of translation
- Multiculturalism, plurilingualism and bilingual education
- Mother tongue
- Foreign language
- Language and technologies
Lines of Research
- Language, translation and culture
- Subjectivity and identity, deconstruction and psychoanalysis
- Literacy
- Education in bilingual/bidialectal contexts
- Language, teaching, technological mediation and digital literacy
- Discursive practices, interaction and assessment in institutional contexts
- Teaching/learning Portuguese as a second language and foreign languages
- Interpretation and authorship in reading and writing
Linguistics
Major Areas: Natural languages: form and function
Lines of Research
- Analysis, description and documentation of natural languages
- The nature of signification and associated factors
- Generative syntax of natural languages
- Language, culture and society
Major Areas: Classical studies
Lines of Research
- Greek and Roman languages and texts
Major Areas: Discourse and text analysis
Lines of Research
- The nature of signification and associated factors
- Language, text and discourse
- Language, subject, history
- Language and psychoanalysis
Major Areas: Language and Thought
Lines of Research
- Brain, mind and language
- Children’s speech and writing
Major Areas: Language, history and knowledge
Lines of Research
- Development of linguistic theories and methodologies
Theory and History of Literature
Major Area: General and Comparative Literature
Lines of Research
- Comparative literary analysis
- Modern foreign literature
- Other vernacular literatures
Major Area: Literary History and Historiography
Lines of Research
- Textual critique: critical editing, editions and annotated translations
- Production, circulation and reception of literary texts
Major Area: Literary Theory and Criticism
Lines of Research
- Criticism: history and methodology
- Poetry: genres, styles, literary movements
Major Area: Literature and Other Cultural Productions
Lines of Research
- Interdisciplinary literary studies
Major Area: Brazilian Literature
Lines of Research
- Brazilian literature in the colonial period
- 19th century Brazilian literature
- 20th century Brazilian literature
Major Area: Portuguese Literature
Lines of Research
- Medieval Portuguese literature
- Classical Portuguese literature 3. Modern Portuguese literature
Popularization of Science and Culture
Major Area: Popularization of Science and Culture
Lines of Research
- Scientific culture
- Literary culture
- New media for popularizing science and culture
- Public perception of science and technology