LING3310
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
Explores the study of how meaning is expressed through language and how it is understood in different real world situations. Particular attention will be paid to lexical and sentence level semantics, and how languages encode time and space relationships (including deictic elements which are linked to the non-linguistic context).
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Separate different forms of lexical semantic relationships.
2. Explain in detail the nature of tense, mood and aspect systems in English.
3. Identify cohesive devices in connected discourse.
4. Distinguish between presupposition and implicature.
5. Use basic semantic and pragmatic concepts to discuss the role of meaning in language.
Content
Topics covered will include:
- Semantic relations in the lexicon
- Deictic and canonical expression of spatial relationships
- Time reference: tense and aspectual distinctions in language
- Lexical and grammatical expression of 'mood' in English
- Lexical and grammatical cohesion in discourse
- Pragmatics: presupposition and implicature
Assumed knowledge
LING1111 or equivalent
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Written Assignment 1
Essay: Essay
Written Assignment: Written Assignment 2
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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