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 175-016 Semantics

Note

Formerly available as 175-212/312. Students who have completed 175-212/312 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Lesley Stirling

Prerequisites

Completion of 175-004 Introduction to Language or 175-005 English: Its Structure and History or Departmental approval.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials in the first or the sixth week

Subject Description

This subject is an introduction to the study of meaning, looking at the main linguistic approaches to the study of meaning, techniques of semantic analysis and argumentation, problems of accounting for some selected areas of linguistic meaning. Topics include classical approaches to meaning, prototype semantics and cognitive linguistics, and linguistic catergorisation across languages.

Assessment

Two written assignments of 750 words each, and a 2500 word essay.

Prescribed Texts

  • J I Saeed, Semantics. Blackwell 1997.


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