CJJ46 Introduction to semantics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marcin Wągiel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Marcin Wągiel, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 K12 nerezervovat
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 9/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce basic notions and procedures of semantic analysis to the students and teach them to think about meanings of natural-language expressions from a formal perspective. Consequently, the student should be able to apply these notions to describe semantic structures in natural language. We will focus on linguistic phenomena that demonstrate how meanings of individual parts combine into larger semantic wholes.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student is able to:
- understand basic notions of semantic analysis
- define truth-conditions of natural-language sentences
- understand basic principles of the formal modeling of meaning
- apply formal nethods to the analysis of the meanings of words, sentences and compositional operations
- understand the differences between the semantics and pragmatics of linguistic expressions
Syllabus
  • 1. Semantic theories
  • 2. Composition
  • 3. Reference
  • 4. Predication
  • 5. Modification
  • 6. Quantification
  • 7. Event semantics
  • 8. Tense and aspect
  • 9. Modality
  • 10. Presupposition and implicatures
Literature
  • PORTNER, Paul. What is meaning? : fundamentals of formal semantics. 1st pub. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2005, ix, 235. ISBN 9781405109178. info
Teaching methods
The methods used include lecture, class discussion; reading assigned materials.
Assessment methods
There is a test at the end and one has to have at least 2/3 answers right.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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