This course offers an engaging exploration of Language Contact within the context of Portuguese varieties across Asia. It welcomes students from various backgrounds, as it provides an introductory insight into the fascinating global phenomenon of the new language varieties emerging from contacts and interactions between different communities, cultures, and languages. We achieve this through a curated selection of case studies, focusing on the development of Portuguese language varieties in Asia. Our primary objective is to examine the pivotal role played by cultural, socio-political, socio-historical and economic factors in shaping the emergence of these new language varieties. This course will underscore the various modes of contact between Southeast Asian and East Asian nations and the European languages, particularly Portuguese. This exploration extends to Greater China, with a special emphasis on Macao.

CILO-1: Identify the different types of language varieties and their shared main sociolinguistic features. CILO-2: Identify the sociodemographic and historical factors that may play a role in generating contact language varieties. CILO-3: Compare the basic linguistic features across at least two language varieties and relate them to the relevant theoretical concepts. CILO-4: Identify the diverse social and cultural factors influencing the emergence and decline of new language varieties. CILO-5: Evaluate the significance of language varieties as components of world immaterial heritage.