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 13-15 | What is meaning? Word meaning vs. other symbol systems. The segmentation of reality. | Bolinger excerpt.
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W2 Jan 20-22 | Approaches to meaning. Meaning components. Theories of Meaning. Referential vs. conceptual theories. | Assignment 1 posted Tues Jan 20. Bolinger cont., Ullman Ch 3.
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W3 Jan 27-29 | Practicing semantic description. More lexical relations. | Ullman, cont. Asgn 1 due Thurs Jan 29. |
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W4 Feb 3-5 | Finding structure in semantic fields. | Excerpts from Tyler, Lehrer. Asgn 2 posted Thurs Feb 6. | |
W5 Feb 10-12 | Paradigms and taxonomies. Categorization and genre of language. | Tyler and Lehrer, cont.; Fillmore I (CLS paper).
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W6 Feb 17-19 | 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 24-26 | Scenes and frames; Idealized Cognitive Models (ICMs) | Clark and Clark cont.; Fillmore II (BLS paper). | |
W8 Mar 2-4 | 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 9-11 | Midterm Recess.
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W10 Mar 16-18 | Wierzbicka cont.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias.
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W11 Mar 23-25 | Another way of investigating 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 Mar 30-Apr 1 | 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 6-8 | 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 13-15 | 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 20-22 | Talmy cont. Types of data. More on language and thought. Further issues in Cognitive Semantics. | Asgn 6 due Thursday April 23 (last day of class.) Grad and Undergrad Final Exams posted April XX. | |
Senior final exams | Final exams for seniors due April 29, noon. | ||
Continuing students finals | Remaining final exams due May 5, 5:00 p.m. |
Last modified January 11, 2004
© 2004 Suzanne Kemmer