LING6930
Language and Meaning
10 Units
Available in 2013
| Callaghan Campus | Semester 2 |
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| WebLearn GradSchool | Semester 2 |
Previously offered in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
The course focuses on the study of the analysis of meaning as it is expressed through elements of language such as words and sentences (the field of semantics)and as it is understood in different real world contexts (the filed of pragmatics). Particular attention will be paid to meaning relations such as synonymy (having the same meaning) and oppositeness, to various types of conclusions that sentences lead to or involve (such as presuppositions), to elements that crucially depend on context for their interpretation (including deictic elements, which are linked to the non-linguistic context, to the meaning of verbal categories such as tense and mood, and to the relation between language and logic.
| Objectives | Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate: 1) an understanding of nature of meaning as expressed through language; 2) an understanding of basic principles of semantics and pragmatics as applied to English 3) an awareness of the range of linguistic devices for expressing time and space relations; 4) an understanding of the concepts of deixis and anaphora; 5) an understanding of logical relations relevant to linguistic analysis, such as negation, modality, scope, presupposition and implication |
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| Content | Topics to be covered include: * deixis: reference to the spatio-temporal frame encompassing the speech act * tense and time reference: tense and aspect systems in the English verb * mood and modality * anaphora: textual reference; the function of pronouns and other anaphoric items * pragmatics: the study of speech acts; presupposition and implication |
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| Replacing Course(s) | n/a | ||
| Transition | n/a | ||
| Industrial Experience | 0 | ||
| Assumed Knowledge | LING6910 (or equivalent) | ||
| Modes of Delivery | Distance Learning : Paper Based Internal Mode |
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| Teaching Methods | Lecture | ||
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| Contact Hours | Seminar: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term Lecture: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term |
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| Timetables | 2013 Course Timetables for LING6930 |