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| IDE6040 | Semantics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Asst. Prof. Mustafa Naci Kayaoğlu | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | the aim of this course is to make students aware of semantics in terms of its background and theoretical assumptions, meaning and language relations. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | gain insight about semantics. | 11,12,13 | 1,6 | | PO - 2 : | compare and contrast theoretical assumptions on meaning. | 12,13 | 1,3,6 | | PO - 3 : | learn how to make logical relations among sentences. | 11,12 | 1,6 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Issues such as meaning, semantics, descriptive, social and expressive meaning, meanings and readings; meaning and logic; meaning relations; predications will be covered throughout the term. Besides, meaning components, meaning and language comparisons will be introduced to students to have an idea about theoretical approaches to semantics.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Meaning and Semantics | | | Week 2 | Background and theoretical assumptions | | | Week 3 | Meanings and readings | | | Week 4 | Meaning and Logic | | | Week 5 | Meaning and relations | | | Week 6 | Predication and meaning | | | Week 7 | Meaning Components | | | Week 8 | Midterm exam | | | Week 9 | Language and Meaning Comparison | | | Week 10 | Meaning and cognition | | | Week 11 | Sentence Meaning | | | Week 12 | Basic ideas in semantics | | | Week 13 | Descriptive, social and expressive meaning | | | Week 14 | Semantic representation | | | Week 15 | Make-up week | | | Week 16 | final exam | | | |
| 1 | Löbner, S.2002; Understanding Semantics; Oxford, USA | | | |
| 1 | Hurford, J. 1983; Semantics: A course book; CUP,Britain | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 29/03/2010 | 2 | 30 | | Project | 11 | 20/05/2010 | 4 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 02/06/2010 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 7 | 84 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Proje | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 7 | 84 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 216 |
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