The course aims to provide the students with an introduction to semantics and pragmatics as independent levels of analysis but interrelated. Basic notions of syntax will be introduced to allow students to understand the notions related to the processing of sentences and lexical items. 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) Raffaele Simone, Nuovi fondamenti di Linguistica, McGrae-Hill (only chapt. 14 on semantics).
3) Andorno Cecilia, Che cos’è la pragmatica, Carocci editore (up to chapt. 6 included).
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 semantica della frase, Carocci (all chapters except chapt. 6).2) Raffaele Simone, Nuovi fondamenti di Linguistica, McGrae-Hill (only chapt. 14 on semantics).
3) Andorno Cecilia, Che cos’è la pragmatica, Carocci editore (up to chapt. 6 included).
Type of delivery of the course
frontal lessonsAttendance
optional, but highly recommendedType of evaluation
written test