Postgraduate Course: Figurative Language (MSc) (LASC11100)

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	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	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. Feedback: one-on-one meetings with students to plan and discuss coursework
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information
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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