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LING 3037 - Semantics: The Study of Meaning

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 4120
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
4120 Mon 09/08/2021 Wed 18/08/2021 Fri 17/09/2021 Fri 29/10/2021


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
24453 LE01 50 30 26 Jul - 13 Sep Monday 9am - 11am MyUni, OL, Online Class
4 Oct - 25 Oct Monday 9am - 11am MyUni, OL, Online Class
Note: This lecture is live-streamed and recorded. You have the option of participating during the live-streaming session, or viewing any time after publication in MyUni. Please check MyUni for details once enrolled.
Related Class: Tutorial
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
24455 TU02 17 7 28 Jul - 15 Sep Wednesday 2pm - 3pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
6 Oct - 27 Oct Wednesday 2pm - 3pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
24456 TU01 15 5 27 Jul - 14 Sep Tuesday 11am - 12pm Lower Napier, LG28, Lecture Theatre
5 Oct - 26 Oct Tuesday 11am - 12pm Lower Napier, LG28, Lecture Theatre