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 |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
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. |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 15:00 - 15:50 | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 15:00 - 15:50 | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 12:10 - 13:00 |
First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 15:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. David Hume Tower, Lecture Theatre B |
Additional information |
Class locations:
Tuesdays and Thursdays - David Hume Tower, Lecture Theatre B
Fridays - Geography (Old Infirmary) Room 2.13
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Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
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Hours:Minutes |
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Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics | 2:00 | | |
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
Coursework (40%)
Exam (60%) |
Special Arrangements
None |
Additional Information
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Keywords | linguistics; semantics; pragmatics; logic |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Ronnie Cann
Tel: (0131 6)51 1839
Email: r.cann@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Stephanie Fong
Tel:
Email: S.Fong@ed.ac.uk |
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