Figurative Language (MSc) (P02422)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : PPL-P-FL-LS

This course seeks to develop knowledge of figurative language, particularly as it is manifest in texts of various kinds in the history of English. The course will provide an overview of classical rhetoric, and show how many of the practices identified by early philosophers are characteristic of the language of various types of discourse in the present day. The course has a further objective of introducing students to the place of figurativeness - particularly, though not exclusively, the place of metaphor and metonymy - in the field of cognitive linguistics.

Shared with UG Course U03828 Figurative Language

? Keywords : figurative language, rhetoric

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Identify and classify different kinds of figurative language
- Show an understanding of the history of rhetoric
- Discuss the place of figurative language in cognitive linguistics
- Apply a knowledge of theories of figurativeness to texts of various kinds, particularly (but not exclusively) literary texts