PORTUGUESE PRE-SESSIONAL 2010

LANGUAGE REFERENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY

This list is available electronically on http://users.ox.ac.uk/~srp/portlangref.pdf

[B]: available in Blackwells Bookshop, Broad StreetMost other books are available from Amazon or Grant & Cutler

The Acordo OrtográficoIn 2009 Portugal and Brazil adopted a reformed orthography, which changed the official spelling of some words, and specified alternative Brazilian and Portuguese spellings for others. Dictionaries and grammars published since 2009 will generally reflect the changes, while earlier works will not; as the changes affect only a small proportion of the vocabulary, these earlier works will not be seriously inaccurate. Students will be expected to use the reformed orthography of one or other variety of Portuguese in their own language work, and to be aware of the effects of the changes. Online Brazilian and European dictionaries give guidance on the change from old to new forms.

Brief guides to the new orthography:

João Malaca Casteleiro and Pedro Dinis Correia, Atual : o novo acordo ortográfico (Lisbon, Texto, 2008 )Paulo Feytor Pinto, Novo acordo ortográfico da língua portuguesa (Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 2009)

Full official wordlists:

Vocabulário ortográfico da língua portuguesa, dir. João Malaca Casteleiro (Oporto: Porto Editora, 2009) Vocabulário ortográfico da língua portuguesa (São Paulo: Global Editora; Rio de Janeiro: Academia Brasileira de Letras, 2009).

Grammars and handbooks

GrammarsAmélia Hutchinson and Janet Lloyd, Portuguese, an Essential Grammar 2nd revised ed. (London: Routledge, 2003): up-to-date, user-friendly, a good starting-point. [B]

R.C.Willis, An Essential Course in Modern Portuguese (London: Harrap-Nelson, 1971). It might not look very user-friendly, but it is very comprehensive and will see you through to Finals, providing detailed explanations once you learn how to use its index.

C.F.da Cunha and Lindley Cintra, Nova gramática do português contemporâneo, (Lisbon: João Sá da Costa, 1984; repr. Aveiro: Lexikon, 2008) advanced, highly traditional, not directed to language learners.

Mário Perini, Modern Portuguese: A Reference Grammar (Yale: Yale University Press, 2002) [Brazilian, spoken and written]

T. McGovern and A. Ganho, Using Portuguese. A Guide to Contemporary Usage, CUP; 2004. More a collection of useful checklists than a grammar. [B]

Grammar Books with Self-Correcting Exercises:

Olga Mata Coimbra and Isabel Coimbra Leite, Gramática activa 1, Gramática activa 2 (Lisbon, Lidel, 2002). Useful for regular revision, consolidation and explanation of main grammatical points.

Leonel Melo Rosa, Vamos lá começar & Vamos lá continuar (Lisbon, Lidel).Extensively used during the presessional course. Useful for revision and consolidation, continuing to more advanced levels, and with coverage of vocabulary. [B]

Verbs:Manuela Cook, Portuguese Verbs Explained (2nd revd. edn, Lusophone Publishing, 2009) [Amazon]

Helena Ventura, Manuela Caseiro, Guia prático de verbos com preposições (Lisboa: Lidel, 2004)

Dicionário Houaiss. Verbos - conjugação e uso de preposições (Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2003) [Brazilian Portuguese]

Monolingual Dictionaries:

Library reference:Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa (Brazilian version 2001, repr. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2007; Portuguese version, Lisbon: Instituto Antônio Houaiss 2003) The Portuguese version, in 6 volumes, is in the Taylorian reference section.

Dicionário da língua portuguesa contemporânea, (Lisbon: Academia das Ciências, 2000). European Portuguese.

Personal use:Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa 2010 (Porto: Porto Editora, reissued annually). European Portuguese.

Novo Dicionário Houaiss (Rio de Janeiro, Objetiva, 2009) [Single volume with CD] Now with its own Twitter site, see below

Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss (version 2, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2009) Electronic version of Brazilian edition of the Dicionário Houaiss, with useful tools such as verb conjugation; highly recommended.

Novo Dicionário Aurélio (Curitiba: Positivo, 2006). Brazilian Portuguese. Novo Dicionário Aurélio século XXI on CD

Francisco da Silva Borba, Dicionário de usos do português do Brasil (São Paulo: Ática, 2002). Good reference for usage of Brazilian Portuguese.

Bilingual Dictionaries:Collins Portuguese Dictionary, English-Portuguese, Portuguese-English (Harper-Collins, 2006). Reasonably priced. Adopts Brazilian spelling and pronunciation as the norm. [B]

Dicionário de inglês-português (Porto: Porto Editora). Efficient and quite extensive. European Portuguese.Dicionário de português-inglês (Porto: Porto Editora). Not as good as the English into Portuguese, but still useful.

Dicionário Inglês/Português Português/Inglês, Dicionários Académicos, (Porto: Porto Editora). This is quite basic, centres on European Portuguese usage.

Michaelis – Moderno Dicionário Inglês-Português; Português-Inglês (São Paulo: Melhoramentos, 2006). Bilingual dictionary from Brazil.

A Portuguese-English Dictionary, (London: Harrap, 1982). Good for Brazilian vocabulary, but somewhat outdated. Webster’s Dicionário Português-Inglês – Inglês-Português matches the above with a Portuguese English volume.

Online tools:

Dictionaries:http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/dlpo.aspx (monolingual European Portuguese – also includes

online Grammar; comparison of pre- and post-Acordo forms)http://www2.uol.com.br/michaelis/ (monolingual, Brazilian); guide to reformed spelling http://

michaelis.uol.com.br/novaortografia.phphttp://twitter.com/novohouaiss (Twitter site for the Houaiss dictionary)

Media:The following links will provide you with invaluable linguistic and cultural exposure. You should

aim at accessing Portuguese/Brazilian newspapers, as well as television and radio, at LEAST three times a week.

Portuguese and Brazilian newspapers and news sites:Público www.publico.ptExpresso www.expresso.ptJornal de Notícias www.jn.pt

Jornal do Brasil www.jb.com.brEstado de São Paulo www.estadao.com.br

Globo www.globo.com.br

Portuguese online radio and television channels:RTP http://www.rtp.pt/SIC www.sic.pt

ANTENA 3 http://www.rtp.pt/antena3/RFM http://www.rfm.pt/TSF http://tsf.sapo.pt/paginainicial/

Brazilian radio and television channels:Globo http://redeglobo.globo.comEBC /Radio Nacional http://www.ebc.com.br/canais/radios/TVE Brasil http://www.tvebrasil.com.brEldorado http://www.radioeldoradofm.com.brTV Zuca http://www.tvzuka.com/ (gives access to a number of TV channels)MPB http://www.mpbfm.com.br (Brazilian music, including link to YouTube)

For more information on online materials, please consult Dr Stephen Parkinson’s website: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~srp/ciberportugues.html