Study Programme
Course
Status of the Course
Year
ECTS Credits
Teacher
e-mail
consultation hours
Place of Teaching
Mode of Teaching
Teaching Workload
Lectures + Seminars +
Exercises
Assessment Criteria &
Mode of Examination
Beginning of class
Mid-Term, End-Term
Exams
Final Exams
Undergraduate study of English language and literature
Semantics
Compulsory
3.
Semester
5.
3.
Sanja Škifić, PhD, assistant professor
sskific@unizd.hr
Monday, 9:00-10:00 and 15:00-16:00
Obala kralja Petra Krešimira IV/2, rooms 143 and 157
Lectures and seminars
15 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars
Written and oral exam
12 October 2015
Term 1
23 November 2015
Term 1
End of class
Term 2
25 January 2016
Term 2
8 February 2016
22 February 2016
25 January 2016
Term 3
Term 4
Term 3
5 September
2016
Term 4
19 September
2016
The course develops the following generic competencies:
a) instrumental competencies: cognitive abilities; understanding and
dealing with ideas and concepts
b) interpersonal competencies:ability of critical argumentation; ability
of criticism and self-criticism
c) systematic competencies: individual work; ability to compare
different approaches and knowledge structures, critical thinking;
development of an interdisciplinary approach
Learning Outcomes
Course-specific competencies: ability to interpret the basic linguistic
units on the level of meaning; critical thinking towards traditional and
contemporary theoretical frameworks within which the semantic
phenomena are analyzed.
By the end of the course students will be able to:
-define and interpret basic semantic notions
-analyze relations between different linguistic structures (phonological,
morphological and syntactic) and the semantic dimension of language
-interpret the relevance of linguistic usage and extralinguistic context in the
analysis of meaning
-analyze similarities and differences between specific theoretical frameworks
within which semantic phenomena are interpreted
Enrolment Requirements
Course Contents
Enrolment in the 5th semester of the undergraduate study of the English
language and literature
The aim of the course is to introduce the basic concepts and relations
that emerge within a range of semantic phenomena. Students are
acquainted with the traditional and contemporary theoretical frameworks
within which such phenomena are analyzed. The phenomena are
analyzed on the lexical, paradigmatic and syntagmatic levels. Students
are acquainted with basic semantic phenomena in class and through
readings of literature relevant for a particular area of research. In the
seminar part and on the basis of selected readings and exercises, they
are encouraged to identify and analyze the same phenomena.
Required Reading
Additional Reading
Internet Sources
Course Evaluation
Procedures
Conditions for Obtaining
Signatures
Mark Grading Scale
Final Grade Calculation
Comments
1. Hurford, James R., et al. Semantics - A Course Book. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press. 2007.
2. Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in Language. An Introduction to Semantics and
Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2000.
3. Kreidler, Charles W. Introducing English Semantics. London & New York:
Routledge. 1998.
4. Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A New Outline. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.1976.
1. Davis, Steven, and Brendan S. Gillon, eds. Semantics: A Reader. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. 2004.
2. Cruse, Alan D. Lexical Semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1986.
3. Lyons, John. Semantics (Vol I and Vol II). Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press. 1977.
4. Gregory, Howard. Semantics. London & New York: Routledge. 2000.
Institutional evaluation
Class attendance (70%) and accepted seminar paper.
PERCENTAGE
GRADE
<60
1
>=60
2
>70
3
>80
4
>90
5
Students who pass both the mid-term and end-term exam do not have to take
the written exam. Their final grade represents the combination of the results on
the mid-term and end-term exam (mid-term exam – 40%; end-term exam –
40%) and the oral part of the exam (20%).
Students who do not pass both the mid-term and end-term test have to take
the final exam. Their final grade represents the combination of the result on the
final exam (80%) and the result on the oral part of the exam (20%).
Seminar topics should be discussed with the teacher individually during office
hours. Students are required to hand in the first version of the seminar paper
no later than two weeks prior to the beginning of the winter exam term.
Seminar papers are to be written in accordance with the MLA style.
Topics - Lectures
No.
Date
Title
Introduction to semantics as a linguistic discipline – A
brief historical overview and relationship with other
disciplines
1.
Characteristics and types of linguistic meaning
2.
Analysis of the linguistic sign (de Saussure, Ogden and
Richards)
3.
Reference
4.
Sense relations I: Synonymy and antonymy
5.
Literature
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 1-16.
Kreidler, Charles W. Introducing
English Semantics. London &
New York: Routledge. 1998. 1-8.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000.5-16.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 17-24.
Kreidler, Charles W. Introducing
English Semantics. London &
New York: Routledge. 1998. 815; 49-51.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000. 43-63.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 24-29.
Kreidler, Charles W. Introducing
English Semantics. London &
New York: Routledge. 1998. 1826.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 29-66.
Kreidler, Charles W. Introducing
English Semantics. London &
New York: Routledge. 1998. 4246; 131-144.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000.21-28; 305-318.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 88-100.
Kreidler, Charles W. Introducing
English Semantics. London &
New York: Routledge. 1998. 96113.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sense relations II: Homonymy, polysemy and
hyponymy
6.
7.
Mid-term test
Meaning of lexemes – componential analysis
8.
Semantic fields
9.
Metaphor and metonymy
10.
Collocations and idioms
11.
12.
13.
2000. 167-176.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 83-87; 100-108.
Kreidler, Charles W. Introducing
English Semantics. London &
New York: Routledge. 1998. 5259; 92-96.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000. 108-119.
Cognitive semantics: categorization and prototype
theory
Semantics and syntax; semantics and pragmatics
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 108-117.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000. 87-102.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 67-75.
Kreidler, Charles W. Introducing
English Semantics. London &
New York: Routledge. 1998. 8792.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000. 179-196.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000. 74-76; 199-216.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 75-82.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000. 70-74; 76-80.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000. 127-142.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 135-154; 155-176.
Kreidler, Charles W. Introducing
English Semantics. London &
New York: Routledge. 1998. 2640; 157-173; 175-196.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000. 267-299; 331-378.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 177-207.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000. 28-34.
Meaning and logics
14.
End-term test
15.
Seminars
No.
1.
Date
Title
Differences between speaker meaning and
sentence/word meaning
Basic syntactic-semantic units – sentence, utterance,
proposition
2.
Components of word meaning – reference
3.
Predicates and deixis
4.
Literature
Hurford, James R., et al.
Semantics - A Course Book.
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. 2007. 1-16.
Hurford, James R., et al.
Semantics - A Course Book.
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. 2007. 16-25.
Kreidler, Charles W. Introducing
English Semantics. London &
New York: Routledge. 1998. 6183.
Hurford, James R., et al.
Semantics - A Course Book.
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. 2007. 26-44.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 29-66.
Hurford, James R., et al.
Semantics - A Course Book.
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. 2007. 45-78.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 143-154.
Kreidler, Charles W. Introducing
English Semantics. London &
New York: Routledge. 1998.
144-150; 251-266.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Absolute synonyms; levels of differentiation
5.
Distinguishing between homonymy and polysemy
6.
7.
Mid-term test
Decomposition of the meaning of lexemes
8.
Types of semantic fields
9.
10.
Traditional and cognitive approach to metaphorical
meaning
Contrastive analysis of collocations and idioms
11.
Prototype theory and semantic fields
12.
13.
Speech acts, perlocution, illocution, conversational
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000.19-21; 319-327.
Hurford, James R., et al.
Semantics - A Course Book.
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. 2007. 105-127.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 83-87; 88-94.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000. 157-160.
Hurford, James R., et al.
Semantics - A Course Book.
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. 2007. 128-140.
Palmer Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 83-87; 100-108.
Hurford, James R., et al.
Semantics - A Course Book.
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. 2007. 194-224.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 118-135.
Cruse, Alan D. Meaning in
Language. An Introduction to
Semantics and Pragmatics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2000. 239-261.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 67-75.
Hurford, James R., et al.
Semantics - A Course Book.
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. 2007. 331-344.
Hurford, James R., et al.
Semantics - A Course Book.
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. 2007. 327-331.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 75-82.
Hurford, James R., et al.
Semantics - A Course Book.
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. 2007. 79-104.
Hurford, James R., et al.
Semantics - A Course Book.
implicatures
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. 2007. 260-326.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 155-176.
Hurford, James R., et al.
Semantics - A Course Book.
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. 2007. 141-193.
Palmer, Frank R. Semantics – A
New Outline. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.1976. 177-207.
Logics and meaning
14.
15.
End-term test
Teacher:
Sanja Škifić, PhD, assistant professor