The readings posted here are tentative and will be announced in advance in each week, with the full references.
| Week | Topic | Readings and Assignments | |
| W1 Jan 14-16 | What is meaning? Word meaning vs. other symbol systems. The segmentation of reality. | Bolinger excerpt.
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| W2 Jan 21-23 | Approaches to meaning. Meaning components. Meaning relations in the lexicon. Synonymy, antonymy. | Assignment 1 posted Tues Jan 21. Bolinger cont., Ullman Ch 3.
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| W3 Jan 28-30 | Practicing semantic description. More lexical relations. | Ullman, cont. Asgn 1 due Thurs Jan 30. |
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| W4 Feb 4-6 | Finding structure in semantic fields. | Excerpts from Tyler, Lehrer. Asgn 2 posted Thurs Feb 6. | |
| W5 Feb 11-13 | Paradigms and taxonomies. Categorization and genre of language. | Tyler and Lehrer, cont.; Fillmore I (CLS paper).
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| W6 Feb 18-20 | Dimension (Space I). Human cognitive biases in semantic systems. | Clark and Clark (placed on reserve). Asgn 2 due Tuesday February 18. Asgn 3 posted Thursday Feb. 20. | |
| W7 Feb 25-27 | Scenes and frames; Idealized Cognitive Models (ICMs) | Clark and Clark cont.; Fillmore II (BLS paper). | |
| W8 Mar 4-6 | Dictionaries and enyclopedias. The semantics of everyday concepts (artefacts, animals) | Wierzbicka (placed on reserve). Asgn 3 due Tuesday March 4. Asgn 4 posted Tuesday March 4. | |
| W9 Mar 11-13 | Midterm Recess.
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| W10 Mar 18-20 | Wierzbicka cont.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias.
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| W11 Mar 25-27 | Another way of investigatng conceptual attributes. Levels of categorizaton and their significance for human cognition. | Ungerer and Schmidt Chapter 2. Asgn 4 due Tuesday March 25.
(this is an extended deadline.)
Assignment 5 posted by end of week.
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| W12 Apr 1-3 | Image schemas. Their role in Metaphor: The most powerful reasoning tool. Metonymy. Cognitive capacities. |
Short chapters from Lakoff and Johnson; Excerpt from Turner.
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| W13 Apr 8-10 | Image schemas in space and motion. | Lakoff and Johnson; Turner, cont. Asgn 5 due Thursday April 10. (This is an extended
deadline.) Asgn 6 posted end of the week.
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| W14 Apr 15-17 | The semantics of location and motion events (Space II). Figure/Ground, Trajector/Landmark. Human cognitive capacities. | Talmy article
(on electronic reserve).
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| W15 Apr 22-24 | Talmy cont. Types of data. More on language and thought. Further issues in Cognitive Semantics. | Asgn 6 due Thursday April 24 (last day of class.) Grad and Undergrad Final Exams posted April 24. | |
| Senior final exams | Final exams for seniors due May 1, noon. | ||
| Continuing students finals | Remaining final exams due May 7, 5:00 p.m. |
Last modified April 17, 2003
© 2003 Suzanne Kemmer