Course Details
Country:
Japan
Institution:
Waseda University
Course Title:
Pragmatics and Semantics
Course Number:
LNGT283L
Course Description:
Linguistic expressions typically convey more than one kind of ‘meaning’. This course focuses on how different kinds of meanings are conveyed and how they interact and/or are controlled by other factors, drawing examples mainly from English and Japanese.
Basic concepts to be covered include:
--reference, sense, and proposition
--natural language and logical language
--valence and thematic roles
-lexical semantics
-contextual information
-implicature, presupposition, speech act theories
-discourse
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
LING 485
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