LI601 Semantics and Pragmatics
- Course Name: Semantics and Pragmatics
- Credits Hours: 3
- Prerequisite(s): LI501, LI502
- Semester: Year 3 - Fall
Semantics and Pragmatics examines the relationship between form and meaning in human language. We consider the rules for combining word meanings to derive sentence meanings in a predictable way; and we explore the principles which allow speakers to communicate more by uttering a sentence than is contained in the literal sentence meaning itself. We apply these concepts not only to content words but also to functional morphemes such as tense, aspect, and modality markers.