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Undergraduate Course: Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics (LASC10069)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe 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 description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English (LASC08017)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Formal Semantics for Philosophers (PHIL10137)
Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information
Keywordslinguistics; semantics; pragmatics; logic
Contacts
Course organiserProf Ronnie Cann
Tel: (0131 6)51 1839
Email: r.cann@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Francesca Kerr-Dineen
Tel: (0131 6)50 3961
Email: f.kerr-dineen@ed.ac.uk
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