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