Undergraduate Course: Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics (LASC10069)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Language Sciences |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
The course provides a detailed exploration of current issues in current semantics and pragmatics. Topics covered may be drawn from the following:
- philosophical foundations of semantics and pragmatics;
- formal theories of semantics;
- quantification and plurality;
- anaphora and definiteness;
- tense, aspect and event theory;
- intensionality and possible worlds;
- Grice and Relevance Theory;
- presupposition;
- information structure. |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| To be able to read current primary literature in semantics and pragmatics; to formulate and evaluate analyses of linguistic data in the light of theoretical proposals; to reason critically; to identify and solve problems; to independently formulate and test hypotheses; and to compare and evaluate competing hypotheses and theories. |
Assessment Information
| Two hour written examination (100%) |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Daniel Wedgwood
Tel:
Email: Daniel.Wedgwood@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Stephanie Fong
Tel:
Email: S.Fong@ed.ac.uk |
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