Introduction to Semantics (P02218)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : PPL-P-P02217

Description of salient semantic phenomena mainly exemplified from English; their analysis in terms of current linguistic theory.

Venue
Monday: Seminar Room 4, Chrystal MacMillan Building (lectures held on the 22nd & 29th of September and 6th & 13th October will be held in S37, 7 George Square; 6th & 13th lectures will be 2 hours long)
Wednesday: 3.10 Dugald Stewart Building (there will be no lectures on the 8th and 15th; lectures held on the 24th September and 1st October will be held in S37, 7 George Square)

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
22/09/2008	12:00	13:00	Room S37, 7 George Square	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	11:10	12:00	Central
Lecture	Wednesday	11:10	12:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

To acquire a basic knowledge of the relevant phenomena appropriate to postgraduate study in English and Applied Linguistics: to develop an ability to discover general patterns in, and to formulate generalisations over sets of relevant data.