Semantics and Pragmatics 2020/2021 (7.5 credits)
Spring 2021, 50 %, Campus
Start date: 18 January 2021
End date: 28 March 2021
Application Deadline: 15 October 2020
Enrolment Code: UU-07712 Application
Language of Instruction: The course will be taught in English, if needed
Location: Uppsala
Selection: All qualified applicants will be admitted.
Entry Requirements: Linguistics I, 7.5 credits, or 30 credits in a language subject
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.
Application Fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 11250
Tuition fee, total: SEK 11250
About the course:
The course gives an introduction to the scientific description of linguistic meaning. Historical review of various approaches to description of meaning in language. Basic semiotics. Both lexical and compositional semantics are discussed. Extensions and extensional analysis (set theory). Definitions and prototypes. Introduction to truth-value semantics and logical analysis. The relationship between semantics and pragmatics. Basic pragmatics: presupposition, tropes (for example, irony, metaphor and metonymy), speech acts, conversational maxims and implicatures.
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Contact
Department of Linguistics and Philology
Engelska parken Thunbergsvägen 3H
Box 635, 751 26 UPPSALA
Telephone: 018-471 2252
E-mail: info@lingfil.uu.se