Ä°DB731 - PRAGMA-SEMANTICS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRAGMA-SEMANTICS | Ä°DB731 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Prequisites | - | |||||
| Course language | English | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Faculty members | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to study the interface between pragmatic and semantic interpretations of meaning. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Amelioration, Pejoration, Extension and restriction of meaning; Text Interpretations, Structural Semantics, the Logic of Semantics, Conversational Analysis and Word Semantics, and Linguistic Semantics. | |||||
| References | Beale, W. H. (1987). A Pragmatic Theory of Rhetoric. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. Levinson, S.C. (2000). Persumptive Meaning: The Theory of Generalized Conversational Implicature. Massachusetts: MIT Press. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to pragma-semantics |
| Week 2 | Scope of pragma-semantics and theories on pragma-semantics |
| Week 3 | Investigation and discussion of the studies on pragma-semantics |
| Week 4 | Factors for the emergence of pragma-semantics |
| Week 5 | Meaning in pragma-semantics |
| Week 6 | Definition of meaning in semantics and pragma-semantics |
| Week 7 | Midterm exam |
| Week 8 | Approaches of pragma-semantics to the meaning related concepts |
| Week 9 | Semantic minimalist approaches and its relationship with pragma-semantics |
| Week 10 | Semantic minimalist approach |
| Week 11 | Investigation and discussion of the studies based on semantic minimalist approach |
| Week 12 | New Gricean approaches |
| Week 13 | Meaning in New Gricean approaches |
| Week 14 | Investigation and discussion of the studies based on New Gricean approaches |
| Week 15 | Preparation for the final exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 3 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 10 | 140 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 8 | 11 | 88 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 7 | 15 | 105 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 50 | 50 |
| Total Workload | 45 | 114 | 450 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest