Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics (MSc) (P02857)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : PPL-P-CISP-LI

The 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

Shared with UG course U04195 Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics

Venue
Tuesday: 7.01 David Hume Tower
Thursday: 3.11 Dugald Stewart Building

? Keywords : linguistics; semantics; pragmatics; logic

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 2 (Blocks 3-4)

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

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
13/01/2009	11:00	13:00	Room 7.01, David Hume Tower	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Thursday	11:10	12:00	Central

Summary of Intended 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.