16.7 2nd and 3rd years Nick Evans. 12.5 points of Linguistics at first-year level or Departmental approval. Second semester Two lectures and a tutorial a week. By the end of the subject, students should:

• develop an understanding of the main linguistic approaches to the study of meaning;
• develop skills in semantic analysis and argumentation;
• demonstrate a more detailed appreciation of the problems of accounting for some selected areas of linguistic meaning;
• be able to situate the study of linguistic meaning in context with respect to work on meaning in other disciplines (e. g. philosophy or semiotics).

An introduction to the study of meaning. Two written assignments, a tutorial presentation and an essay. There will also be regular non-assessable problems, totalling 5,000 words. Frawley Linguistics Semantics. 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Nick Evans. 12.5 points of Linguistics at first-year level or Departmental approval. Second semester Two lectures and a tutorial a week. By the end of the subject, students should:

• develop an understanding of the main linguistic approaches to the study of meaning;
• develop skills in semantic analysis and argumentation;
• demonstrate a more detailed appreciation of the problems of accounting for some selected areas of linguistic meaning;
• be able to situate the study of linguistic meaning in context with respect to work on meaning in other disciplines (e. g. philosophy or semiotics).

An introduction to the study of meaning. Two written assignments, a tutorial presentation and an essay. There will also be regular non-assessable problems, totalling 5,000 words. Frawley Linguistics Semantics.