The course aims to provide the students with an introduction to semantics and pragmatics as independent levels of analysis and with their interfaces. Basic notions of syntax will be introduced to allow students to have a clear idea of the interaction between the levels. At the end of the course students will be able to understand and analyze words, sentences and utterances on the basis of the acquisition of the theoretical concepts.
teacher profile teaching materials
2) Berruto Gaetano, La semantica, Zanichelli (chapters 1, 3, 4, 5 fino a pag. 89 + da pag. 115 a 120).
3) Andorno Cecilia, Che cos’è la pragmatica, Carocci editore.
Programme
Basic notions on syntax and sentence semantics, definitions of semantics, word semantics, definition of pragmatics, linguistic and situational context, information structure, speech acts, presuppositions and implicatures.Core Documentation
1) Mereu Lunella, La sintassi delle lingue del mondo, Laterza (chapters 2, 3 except section 4, and section 5 from chapter 6).2) Berruto Gaetano, La semantica, Zanichelli (chapters 1, 3, 4, 5 fino a pag. 89 + da pag. 115 a 120).
3) Andorno Cecilia, Che cos’è la pragmatica, Carocci editore.
Type of evaluation
written test