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SPRÅK3200 - Semantics and Pragmatics

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Examination arrangement

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Evaluation Weighting Duration Grade deviation Examination aids
School exam 100/100 4 hours F

Course content

The course investigates topics in semantics and pragmatics including how meaning is expressed in natural language and the principles that lie behind the interpretation of utterances in specific situations. It addresses topics such as how words and sentences (linguistic objects) relate to entities in the world; whether this relationship is mediated by concepts; the formal representation of meaning; how the study of meaning is relevant to other areas of linguistic analysis such as syntax; how and why language differs from other communication systems; and how language is employed to communicate various types of meaning.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

Candidates who have passed this course

- have insight into basic issues of linguistic semantics, e.g. how linguistic expressions relate to entities in the world, meaning relations between linguistic expressions, and the relation between meaning and truth.

- have insight into basic issues in pragmatics, including how context and pragmatic principles affect interpretation.

- have insight into how semantic and pragmatics interact and relate to neighbouring fields (e.g., lexical theory, morphology and syntax).

- understand how language differs from other communication systems, and how language is employed to communicate various types of meaning.

Skills

Candidates who have passed this course

- are able to describe and analyse how people handle and exploit various semantic and pragmatic phenomena in everyday communication.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, seminars, supervision. Students are required to use the course learning platform regularly.

Students should expect that this 7.5 credit course equates with approximately 10 hours of work per week, including teaching time.

The required readings are in English and classes will be taught in English. Students admitted to an English program shall, as a rule, do the obligatory assignments in English. Students admitted to a Norwegian/Scandinavian studies program shall, as a rule, do the obligatory assignments in Norwegian.

Obligatory assignment: Written work of ca. 2500 words/5-6 pages, which may be split over several assignments. Online quizzes may substitute for a portion of this.

Approved obligatory assignment is valid for 2 semesters (the semester in which the approval is given, plus the following semester). All obligatory assignments must be completed in the same semester.

Compulsory assignments

  • Written work of ca. 2500 words/5-6 pages

Further on evaluation

Students admitted to an English program should answer the exam in English. Students admitted to a Norwegian/Scandinavian studies program should answer the exam in Norwegian.

Information about which dictionaries students are allowed to consult during the exam will be available in the reading list at the beginning of the semester.

Course materials

Curriculum/reading list will be made available at the beginning of the semester.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From To
ENG3510 7.5 AUTUMN 2016
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Facts

Version: 1
Credits:  7.5 SP
Study level: Second degree level

Coursework

Term no.: 1
Teaching semester:  AUTUMN 2023

Language of instruction: English

Location: Trondheim

Subject area(s)
  • English Language
  • English
  • English Linguistics
  • Linguistics
  • Scandinavian Language and Literature
  • Scandinavian Linguistics
  • Language Studies
Contact information
Course coordinator:

Department with academic responsibility
Department of Language and Literature

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam

Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
Autumn ORD School exam 100/100 F 2023-12-21 15:00 INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
SL322 Sluppenvegen 14 1
SL238 Sluppenvegen 14 1
SL311 grønn sone Sluppenvegen 14 18
Spring ORD School exam 100/100 F 2024-03-07 09:00 INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
SL415 Sluppenvegen 14 2
  • * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
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