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175-037 Advanced Semantics | |
Note | Formerly available as 175-335/435. Students who have completed 175-335/435 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 3rd and 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Lesley Stirling |
Prerequisites | Students must have completed 'Semantics' 175-212/312 (175-016). Third year students must have completed at least two subjects at 2nd/3rd-year level in Linguistics |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | 2.5 hours of seminars per week, including a practical component |
Subject Description | An introduction to formal semantics, and consideration of a range of current topics in semantic theory including the major problems of analysis and description, and some competing approaches which have been taken to these problems in linguistics and related disciplines such as philosophy. Students will learn a particular formal semantic theory and acquire skills in formal analysis within this theory. |
Assessment | A practical assignment of 500 words, and a 2500-word essay, and a 1-hour exam for 3rd-year. Three practical assignments of 500 words each, and a 2500 word essay, and a 1-hour exam for 4th-year. |
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