COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEMANTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 3033 SEMANTICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BURCU ILKAY KARAMAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to enable the student to investigate semantic characteristics particular to a language and to deal with paradigmatic and syntagmatic sense-relationships. This course will allow the student to identify semantic relations as described by linguists.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To identify semantic characteristics particular to languages
2   To evaluate sense-relations based on paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations
3   To identify semantic relations
4   To define, classify and distinguish sense relations
5   To discuss the de Saussurean principle of sign and Ogden & Richards semiotic triangle in detail
6   To distinguish meaning from concept

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is semantics What is statical semantics What is developmental/dynamic semantics A brief history of semantics
2 The semantics of linguistic items Language, lexeme, sign, sense, meaning
3 Linguistic capability, phonemes, language and the word The description of word before F. de Saussure F. de Saussure and the desrciption of word The description of word after F. de Saussure
4 Classification of words and eponyms The meaning of words: concepts Expressive meaning Problems of conceptual and associative fields
5 Meaning and meaning types What is meaning The semantic field of words Extension, intension, and relevance Different views and hypotheses on meaning What we understand from `meaning Denotative meaning vs. connotative meaning Sense-relationships: polysemy, synonymy, homonymy Equivalence
6 Semantic change and rhetorical speech: Metaphor Metonymy Simile Representation
7 Sense attribution Eponymy Localisation Context Associations Paradigmatic, syntagmatic and derivational relationships
8 The dynamics of meaning: Semantic restriction Meaning-shift Reasons for semantic changes Semantic extension Semantic changes and equivalency
9 Conceptualisation (re-sematicisation) The world of concepts Rhetorics: Meaning transfer/shift Metaphor Metonymy The conceptual wealth and synonymy in Modern Turkish
10 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
11 Ambiguity Context and inference
12 Speech acts Syntactic semantics

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Aksan, Doğan (1971) Anlambilimi ve Türk Anlambilimi Ana Çizgileriyle. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Yayınları: 217
2. Aksan, Doğan (1990) Her Yönüyle Dil Ana Çizgileriyle Dilbilim. 3. Cilt. Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları: 439/3.
3. Aksan, Doğan (2006) Türkçenin Sözvarlığı Türk Dilinin Sözcükbilimiyle Ilgili Gözlemler, Saptamalar. 4. Baskı. Ankara: Engin Yayınevi.
4. Aksan, Doğan (2009) Anlambilim Anlambilim Konuları ve Türkçenin Anlambilimi. 5. Baskı. Ankara: Engin Yayınevi.
5. Cruse, Alan David (2000) Meaning in Language An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Presentations
3. Identifying semantic phenomena

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. 1- Mid-term exam
2. 2- Final exam

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1-6 will be evaluated through mid-term and final examinations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1- Class attendance of 70% is obligatory.
2- Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for the late submission of assignments/projects.
3- Copying and plagiarising in assignments and during exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

meltem.sargin@deu.edu.tr
Office no: B Block B 432
Office tel no: (30)18624

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 12 12
Preparation for Final Exam 1 14 14
Other (please indicate) 1 11 11
Final 1 1,5 2
Mid-term 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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