Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (LASC11143)
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 | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | An introduction to core topics in semantics and pragmatics and their analysis in current linguistic theory, mainly exemplified from English. |
| Course description |
An introduction to formal theories of compositional semantics and pragmatics. Topics typically include reference, predication, quantification, modification, modality, assertion, presupposition, and implicature.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2018/19, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 18,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Essay (100%), 2000 words +/- 10% |
| Feedback |
Formative mini-essay submission |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate an awareness of key components of semantic and pragmatic theory
- relate elements of semantic and pragmatic theory to key empirical phenomena
- analyse novel phenomena in natural language meaning
- formulate generalizations over relevant datasets
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Reading List
| Kearns, Kate. 2011. Semantics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Objective description and analysis of empirical phenomena
Essay writing
Familiarity with major logical formalisms (e.g. first-order predicate logic, lambda calculus) |
| Keywords | semantics,pragmatics,compositional semantics |
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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