COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEMANTICS AND HERMENEUTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 6025 SEMANTICS AND HERMENEUTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR FUNDA UZDU YILDIZ

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

Realise and evaluate the semantic facts in analysis of word, text or any other cultural items. Hold a morphemic/monemic analysis in the base of word. Able to find the coherence and cohesion status in the text and comment on the text and/or intertext

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Meaning, semantic facts, semantic analysis
2   Knowing the differences between various method and applications in semantic analysis
3   Evaluate the commentation of different text types
4   Hold a study and analysis on semantic studies and semantic subjects
5   Know the differences between comment/interpretation, and their types, analysis and evaluation of the texts
6   Evaluate and criticise the books that are specified for the objectives of the course

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Meaning, moneme, moneme analysis
2 The use of monemes in rhetorics, semantics and semiotics. Concept, meaning and semantic components.
3 The concept of isotope/localisation and its types
4 The semantic cases: monosemy, polysemy
5 Comprehension and conceptualisation.
6 Connotation and denotation
7 Text and the meaning. Coherence and cohesion
8 Review of the subjects
9 Text and the meaning: anaphora, cataphora
10 Differences between narration, commentation and examination
11 Prototypes and stereotypes. The construction of social meaning
12 Word fields according to some disciplines. Semantic field. Word network formation.
13 General overview
14 General overview

Recomended or Required Reading

ABLALI, Driss (2003) La Sémiotique du Texte : Du Discontinu au Continu, Paris :
L Harmattan.
ADAM, Jean-Michel (2000) Linguistique Textuelle. Des Genres de Discours aux Textes.
Paris: Nathan Université.
ADAM, Jean-Michel ; BONHOMME, Marc (2003) L Argumentation Publicitaire. Rhétorique de
l Éloge et de la Persuasion, Paris : Nathan-Université.
AMOSSY, Ruth ; HERSCHBERG PIERROT, Anne (2000) Stéréotypes et Clichés. Langue,
Discours, Société. Paris : Nathan-Université, coll. Lettres et sciences sociales 128.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentations about the subject
2. Narration/debate with the help of examples
3. Question & Answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-6: Will be evaluated with the help of the articles which are going to be prepared for midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance to the 80% of the courses is compulsory.
2. Attendance to the midterm, assignments and final exams will be taken into consideration in evaluation
3. Cheating and Plagiarism attempts in midterm, assignments and final exams will be graded as "0" (zero).

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. V. Doðan Günay
Edebiyat Fakültesi B Blok B319

Office Hours

Monday 09:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555
LO.655

CONTACT INFORMATION
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