175-016 Semantics

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175-016 Semantics
Note	Formerly available as 175-212/312. Students who have completed 175-212 or 175-312 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
Availability	2nd and 3rd year
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Assoc Prof Lesley Stirling
Prerequisites	Completion of 175-105 Introduction to Language or 175-106 The Linguistics of English or departmental approval.
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week. There will be no tutorial in the first week of semester
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, and problems of accounting for some selected areas of linguistic meaning. Topics include classical approaches to meaning, prototype semantics, 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. S Löbner, Understanding Semantics. London, Arnold 2002.

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