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| LING0012-1 | Semantics
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : General, Teaching Focus, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Research Focus , 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Teaching Focus, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Research Focus | | 5 |
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| Master in Linguistics, Research focus, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : General, Research Focus, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : General | | 5 |
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| Master in Languages and Literatures : General, Professional Focus in Translation, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Professional Focus in Translation, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Lecturer : | Julien Perrez |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| This course, devoted to the study of meaning in language, will tackle current issues in (lexical) semantics and pragmatics. The following issues will more specifically be discussed (non-exhaustive list):
- the relation between language and thought;
- the notions of ambiguity and vaugueness;
- the notions of conceptual and lexical categories;
- the notion of polyseymy;
- sense relations;
- the notions of prototypicality and salience;
- the theory of conceptual metaphorss;
- the theory of frame semantics;
- speech acts;
- the notions of reference and deixis;
- the notion of multimodality
- ...
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Knowledge of the basic notions of modern semantics and ability to apply them to solve precise problems. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| No specific prerequisites |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Theoretical sessions.
Some exercises will be prepared at home and corrected in class. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face.
30 hours;
2nd semester;
See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The course will based on the following textbooks:
- Geeraerts, D. (2010). Theories of Lexical Semantics. Oxford: OUP.
- Cruse, A. (2011). Meaning in Language. Oxford: OUP.
- Croft, W. & Cruse, A. (2004). Cognitive Linguistics. Cambridge: CUP.
Some scientific articles (most of the time in English) will also be anlayzed to further illustrate some specific questions discussed in the classroom. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written examination tackling the knowledge of the theoretical part as well as the students' ability to apply these theortical notions to concrete examples. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| An active participation of the students is expected (questions or comments on the lecture notes or the book chapters, looking for concrete examples, etc.). |
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Contacts :
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| Enseignant titulaire
Julien Perrez
Département de Langues et littératures modernes
Service de linguistique synchronique du néerlandais
Place Cockerill 3, 4000 Liège
Tél. 04.3665837
E-mail: Julien.Perrez@ulg.ac.be
Q1: Tuesday's from 13:00 to 17:00 & Wednesday's from 10:30 to 11:30
Q2: Thursday's from 13:00 to 17:00 & Wednesday's from 10:30 to 11:30 |
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| Items online : |
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| eCampus patform |
| eCampus platform |
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