LING3310

Language and Meaning

Faculty of Education and Arts School of Humanities and Social Science

10 Units 3000 Level Course

Available in 2014

Callaghan Campus	Semester 2

Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

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 to how languages encode time and space relationships (including deictic elements which are linked to the non-linguistic context).

Objectives

At the completion of this course, students will be able to:
identify different forms of lexical semantic relationships
discuss in detail the nature of tense, mood and aspect systems in English
identify and discuss cohesive devices in connected discourse
distinguish between presupposition and implicature

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

Replacing Course(s)

n/a

Transition

n/a

Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

LING1111 or equivalent

Modes of Delivery

Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Items

Essays / Written Assignments	Two take home assignments, involving problem sets and short answer questions (25% each; equivalent to approximately 1000 words each) 50% Essay (approx. 2,500 words) 50%

Contact Hours

Lecture: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term

Timetables