Issues in Linguistics
| Title | Θέματα στη Γλωσσολογία / Issues in Linguistics |
| Code | Γλ 521 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600016480 |
Programme of Study: Néo prógramma spoudṓn 2025-2026
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLŌSSOLOGIA | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2019 – 2020 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600155283
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Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600155283
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Successful completion of this course means that students will have developed a better understanding of the following areas of semantics/pragmatics: Scope of semantics, the concept of meaning, sentence meaning, logical semantics, predicates and events, word meaning, sense and sentence relations, deixis, presupposition, implicature, speech acts. Also, the students will develop the ability to resaerch the above-mentioned areas independently and to participate in research developments in contemporary theoretical and applied semantics/pragmatics.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course focuses on the in-depth and rigorous exploration of specific topics within theoretical linguistics. Areas under investigation include, but are not limited to, any aspect of phonology, morphology, syntax or semantics. Students are exposed to the use of various theoretical models or frameworks and, through their application to the topics in question, are invited to assess the implications to linguistic theory in general. A primary objective of the course is the enhancement of analytical skills, crucial to the construction and development of theoretical argumentation, such as pattern-identification, problem solving and formal reasoning.
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Seminars | 9 | ||||
| Reading Assigment | 78 | ||||
| Written assigments | 90 | ||||
| Exams | 68 | ||||
| Total | 275 |
Student Assessment
Description
a) Presentation of material (20% of the final grade)
b) Seminar participation (20% of the final grade)
c) Extended assignment and/or exam (50% of the final grade)
d) Class performance (10% of the final grade)
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
-Semantics: Meaning in Language by Eliza Kitis
(2012, Thessaloniki: University Studio Press)
Additional bibliography for study
-Pragmatic Meaning and Cognition by Sophia Marmaridou
(2000, John Benjamins Publishing Company)
-Chierchia, Gennaro & Sally McConnell-Ginet (1900). Meaning and Grammar: An Introduction to Semantics. Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press.
-Carston, Robyn (2002). Relevance Theory: the Pragmatics of Explicit Communication. Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing.
-Levinson, Stephen (2000). Presumptive Meanings: a theory of generalized conversational implicature. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press.
-Levinson, Stephen (1983). Pragmatics. Cambridge University Press.
-Lyons, John (1977). Semantics,vol.1. Cambridge University Press.
-Lyons, John (1977). Semantics,vol.2. Cambridge University Press.
-May, Jacob (1993). Pragmatics: An Introduction. Blackwell Publishing.
Saeed, John (2003). Semantics (2nd ed.). Blackwell Publishing.
Last Update
05-12-2024
