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| LING0012-1 | Semantics
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| "licencié" in Germanic languages and literatures, 2nd year |  | Toute l'année |  | 3 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : General, Teaching Focus, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English Searching Focus , 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages: German, Dutch and English Teaching Focus, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English Searching Focus |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 5 |
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| Master in Linguistics, Research focus, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures, general orientation, in-depth approach, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures, general orientation |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 5 |
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| Master in Philosophy, in-depth approach, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 6 |
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| Master in Philosophy, in-depth approach, 2nd year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 6 |
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| Master in Languages and Literatures : General, Professional Focus in Translation, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 5 |
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| Master en langues et littératures modernes, orientation germaniques, à finalité spécialisée en traduction, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 5 |
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| Holder(s) : | Michel Kefer |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | 1. Relationship beween language and thought; between literal meaning and meaning in context. 2. Ambiguity and vagueness. 3. Analytical implication and presupposition. 4. Lexical semantics: different types of lexical units, semantic valence, semantic features, prototypes. 5. Introduction to sentence semantics (in particular in relation with syntax) and to formal semantics. |
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| Course objective : | Knowledge of the basic notions of modern semantics. |
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| Prerequisites : | In principle none. However, the course requires an analytic mind. It constitutes a normal continuation of a course in general linguistics and is a good preparation for students who intend to write a memoir in a domain requiring a semantic analysis. |
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| Workshops : | To be determined in class. |
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| Organization : | 30 hours; 2nd semester; See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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| Written notes : | Lecture notes for part of the course. Chapters of various books will have to be read in the library. |
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| Assessment : | Written examination (as a rule, the aim of the questions is to check the student's understanding and ability to apply). June |
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| Contacts : | Enseignant titulaire
Michel KEFER, chargé de cours Département de Langues et littératures germaniques Place Cockerill, 3, 4000 Liège Tél. 04 366 54 09 E-mail Michel.Kefer@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat
Myriam BLUM Place Cockerill 3, 4000 Liège Tél. 04 366 54 66 |
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| Remarks : | An active participation of the students is expected (questions or comments on the lecture notes, looking for concrete examples, etc.). |
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