LC 108 - Meaning: Linguistic Semantics
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Mode of Assessment |
Two in-course assessable tasks, each making up 20% of the final mark/grade; End-of-course Test making up the remaining 60% |
Course Plan:
The following is an overview of the topics I hope to cover. Circumstances - and our pace - may require us to make changes here and there: if so, you will be given prior notice.|
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11 Oct 2001 |
Scheduling * and Bibliographical notes Linguistic Semantics - its scope and concerns |
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2 |
18 Oct 2001 |
Types of "Meaning" - Sense, Denotation, Reference; Intension and Extension |
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3 |
25 Oct 2001 |
Theories of Meaning - Referential, Representational and Use |
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4 |
1 Nov 2001 |
Linguistic Relativism: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (Collect Task 1) |
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5 |
8 Nov 2001 |
[Hand in Assessable Task 1 (20% of final grade)] |
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6 |
15 Nov 2001 |
LS II: Sense Relations: Lexical Fields, Hypernymy, Hyponymy |
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7 |
22 Nov 2001 |
LS III: Sense Relations: Synonymy |
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8 |
29 Nov 2001 |
LS IV: Various kinds of 'Opposite': Incompatibility, Inverseness, Converseness |
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9 |
6 Dec 2001 |
LS V: Componential Analysis |
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10 |
* to be negotiated (13 Dec 2001 is a public holiday) |
Going beyond Word-level: Utterances, Sentences and Propositions (Collect Task 2) |
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11 |
20 Dec 2001 |
Hand in Assessable Task 2 (20% of final grade) |
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Christmas Recess |
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12 |
10 Jan 2002 |
Semantic (Thematic) Roles |
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13 |
17 Jan 2002 |
Factivity and Modality |
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24 Jan 2002 |
End-of-Course Test (60% of final grade) |
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Last updated on 11 October 2001 |