Postgraduate Course: Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics (MSc) (LASC11103)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
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 |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 26,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
168 )
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Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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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
One 3000 word essay |
Special Arrangements
None |
Additional Information
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Syllabus |
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Reading list |
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Study Abroad |
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Keywords | linguistics; semantics; pragmatics; logic |
Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Ronnie Cann
Tel: (0131 6)51 1839
Email: r.cann@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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