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LING 3037 - Semantics: The Study of Meaning

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 3820
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Pre-Requisite: LING 1101
Assumed Knowledge: At least 6 units of Level II undergraduate study
Assessment: Practical 1 - 10%, Practical 2 - 10%, Tutorial Presentation 20%, 1500 word essay 30%, Exam 1.5 hours 30%
Syllabus:

Semantics is the study of meaning. It includes lexical semantics, the study of the meaning of words, the meaning of grammatical morphemes, sentence semantics and pragmatics (the study of meaning in context). The course teaches a range of approaches to the study of semantics, including dictionary definitions, prototype theory, componential analysis and semantic primitives. There is a strong focus on semantic change and cross-cultural semantics in this course.

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3
 0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
3820 Mon 06/08/2018 Fri 31/08/2018 Fri 14/09/2018 Fri 26/10/2018


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
25096 LE01 50 43 23 Jul - 10 Sep Monday 1pm - 2pm Engineering Sth, S112, Teaching Room
26 Jul - 13 Sep Thursday 11am - 12pm Barr Smith South, 534, Forum Lecture Theatre
1 Oct - 22 Oct Monday 1pm - 2pm Engineering Sth, S112, Teaching Room
4 Oct - 25 Oct Thursday 11am - 12pm Barr Smith South, 534, Forum Lecture Theatre
Related Class: Tutorial
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
25063 TU03 10 5 23 Jul - 10 Sep Monday 12pm - 1pm Ligertwood, 216, Sarawak Room
1 Oct - 22 Oct Monday 12pm - 1pm Ligertwood, 216, Sarawak Room
25065 TU01 10 8 27 Jul - 14 Sep Friday 11am - 12pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
5 Oct - 26 Oct Friday 11am - 12pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room