| Learning Outcomes |
PO |
MME |
| The students who succeeded in this course: |
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| LO-1 |
Identify semantic characteristics particular to languages. |
PO-5 Explain theoretical and practical concepts and principles of linguistics.
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Examination
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| LO-2 |
Evaluate sense-relations based on paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations. |
PO-5 Explain theoretical and practical concepts and principles of linguistics.
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Examination
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| LO-3 |
Define, classify and distinguish sense relations. |
PO-5 Explain theoretical and practical concepts and principles of linguistics.
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Examination
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| LO-4 |
Explains that utterences may have different meanings than their surface meanings in context. |
PO-
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Examination
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| LO-5 |
Describes and explains the ways of discourse and text analysis within the framework of Pragmatics |
PO-
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Examination
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| LO-6 |
xplains and determines how the context attaches meaning to utterences by gathering data through observation. |
PO-
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PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
| Course Contents |
| This course provide an introduction to the study of meaning in language. In this course, representation of meaning at the lexical and sentential level and the the question how we can best describe meaning in human language will be addressed. The course will classify meaning relationships between words and sentences, explore how context affects meaning, and discuss different theoretical approaches to semantics. An important issue will also be how we can use semantic analysis and description in language teaching. |
| Weekly Course Content |
| Week |
Subject |
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 |
What is semantics? |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 2 |
The semantics of linguistic items: Language, lexeme, sign, sense, meaning |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 3 |
Linguistic capability, phonemes, language and the word |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 4 |
Classification of words and eponyms |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 5 |
Meaning and meaning types |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 6 |
Semantic change and rhetorical speech: Metaphor Metonymy Simile Representation |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 7 |
Sense attribution Eponymy Localisation Context Associations Paradigmatic, syntagmatic and derivational relationships |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 8 |
mid-term exam |
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| 9 |
The dynamics of meaning: Semantic restriction Meaning-shift Reasons for semantic changes Semantic extension Semantic changes and equivalency |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 10 |
Conceptualisation (re-sematicisation) The world of concepts Rhetorics: Meaning transfer/shift Metaphor Metonymy The conceptual wealth and synonymy in Modern Turkish |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 11 |
The semantics of Turkish Word, concept and meaning in Turkish |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 12 |
The semantics of Turkish Word, concept and meaning in Turkish Some grammatical characteristics peculiar to Turkish from a semantic perspective Concepts in Turkish (concrete and abstract concepts) Expressing yourself in Turkish |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 13 |
Ambiguity Context and inference |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 14 |
Speech acts Syntactic semantics |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 15 |
Speech acts Syntactic semantics |
Lecture, Discussion |
| 16 |
final exam |
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| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading |
| 1 |
Aksan, D. (2009). Anlambilim Konuları ve Türkçenin Anlambilimi. 5. Baskı. Ankara: Engin Yayınevi. |
| 2 |
Cruse, A. (2000). Meaning in Language. An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
| Required Course instruments and materials |
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