Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Semantics (LASC11090)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Description of salient semantic phenomena mainly exemplified from English; their analysis in terms of current linguistic theory. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- acquire a basic knowledge of the relevant phenomena appropriate to postgraduate study in English and Applied Linguistics
- develop an ability to discover general patterns in
- formulate generalisations over sets of relevant data
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Reading List
| Kearns, Kate. 2011. Semantics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Attend all lectures as scheduled |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Robert Truswell
Tel: (0131 6)51 5511
Email: Rob.Truswell@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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