Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (LASC11143)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all 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)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
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 Dan Lassiter
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
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Course secretary | Ms Sasha Wood
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