SoSe21: Semantics 1
General information
Please register at the olat course before the first meeting to get the information on the virtual meeting room!
Course description
Semantics is the study of the (literal) meaning of words and sentences. The meaning of a sentence is usually predictable from the words in the sentence and its syntactic structure. Yet, this relationship between form and meaning is not a simple one-to-one mapping. Instead, it is rich in ambiguities, pleonastic marking and elements without any identifiable meaning contribution. We will work on an account that is founded on classical tools of semantic research but still directly addresses these empirical challenges. After the class, the participants will be able to identify - and partly analyze - interesting semantic phenomena in naturally occurring texts. They will have acquired a basic working knowledge in formal logic, which they will be able to apply in the description of meaning
Time and place
- Tuesday 08:15-9.45
- Starting: 3.11.2020
- online via zoom
Olat course
Direct link: https://olat-ce.server.uni-frankfurt.de/olat/auth/RepositoryEntry/8836120582
Password: Sailer-WiSe2021
Modules
- Lehramt Englisch (L2/5, L3): FW 2A, FW 2B
- BA English Studies: 3.4(1)
- BA Empirische Sprachwissenschaft: K 6.1
Contact
Manfred Sailer
e-mail: sailer@em.uni-frankfurt.de
office: IG 3.214
office hours: contact via e-mail!
www: http://user.uni-frankfurt.de/~sailer/index.htm
Course requirements
L1
you cannot get any credits in this course
L2/L5
- Modules: FW 2A.1, FW 2B.1
- 3 CP (=75h) for Teilnahme- and Leistungsnachweis (TN, LN)
- TN: active participation
- LN: pass take home exam
- Modulprüfung (optional): (not ideal)
- + 2CP (50h)
- short term paper (9-11 pages)
L3
- Modules: FW 2A.1, FW 2B.1
- 3 CP (=75h) for Teilnahme- and Leistungsnachweis (TN, LN)
- TN: active participation
- LN: pass take home exam
- Modulprüfung (optional): (not ideal)
- + 4CP (100h)
- short term paper (19-21 pages)
WiPäd
- Modules: FW 2A.1, FW 2B.1
- 3 CP (=75h) for Teilnahme- and Leistungsnachweis (TN, LN)
- TN: active participation
- LN: pass take home exam
- Modulprüfung (optional): (not ideal)
- + 2CP (50h)
- short term paper (9-11 pages)
BA English Studies
- Module: BAES 3.4 (1) Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft 1
- 4 CP = 100 hours
- Teilnahmenachweis: active participation and additional task
- Leistungsnachweis: pass take home exam
- Modulprüfung: not possible!
BA Empirische Sprachwissenschaften
Module K 6.1
- Module K6.1
- 2.5 CP = 62.5 hours
- Teilnahmenachweis: active participation
- Modulprüfung:graded take home exam
Module En 4.1
- Module: En 4.1 Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft 1
- 4 CP = 100 hours
- Teilnahmenachweis: active participation and additional task
- Leistungsnachweis: pass take home exam
- Modulprüfung: not possible!
Erasmus
Contact me directly!
Example course requirements: 6 CP, graded
- active participation
- critical summary of a chapter from a semantics textbook
- graded take home exam (Klausur) => will determine the grade!
Others?
Contact me to talk about your requierments.
Meeting 1
Course requirement
Challenging phenomena at the syntax-semantics interface