Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of Kent
Course Title:
Semantics and Pragmatics
Course Number:
LING5560
Course Description:
This module will introduce the students to the study of meaning at the levels of semantics and pragmatics. The discussed topics will range from the study of word meaning to the study of sentence meaning and utterance (contextualised) meaning. The module will introduce significant notions and theories for the field of semantics and pragmatics, such as theories of concepts, Truth Conditions, the Gricean theory of conversational implicatures, Speech Act theory, and Politeness theory. The students will have the opportunity to reflect upon real data and analyse the processes of conveying and understanding meaning at the semantics/pragmatics interface.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
LING 485
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