Semantics ENGL 407 REEM AL-MOISHEER

Rules to follow Commitment Cell phone Behavior Talking (English) Attendance/online Acceptable excuses Evaluation system

Commitment Time Of lecture Assignment (deadline)

Cell phone No cell phone/mobile – 3 times (−) then …

Behavior Behavior Overall look The way you enter The way you sit The way you talk Gum −/+

Talking (−/+) English Language Permission

Attendance On time Every lecture (perfect attendance – 13 wweks, i.e. 25-26 lect.) Attendance includes mid-term exams It should be at least 80% Even with excuses 50% absence = elimination

Acceptable excuses Sickness Surgery Death case Personal (depends) Other excuses are not acceptable. Give your excuse as soon as possible, In order to fix online attendance

Evaluation system Assignment & participation (10%) Project (10%) Mid-term exam (40%) Final exam (40%) System: Bonus/minus (−/+)

Our Books James Hurford & Brendan Heasley. (2007). Semantics: a coursebook (2nd Ed.). Cambridge University Press. F.R. Palmer.(1997).Semantics (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press John Lyons. (2002). Linguistic semantics: An introduction. Cambridge University Press

Things to use + our books IT or web-based reference materials Multiple English/English Dictionaries Power-point

How to contact me Office Hours (Academic Affairs) Sun 11:00 a.m.- 1:00 a.m. Mon- 11:00 am- 1:00 pm Wed: 10:00 am -12:00 pm In case I am not available: Email me at: reem.almoisheer@gmail.com r.almoisheer@ut.edu.sa Leave a written message (office/colleague) Any change will be informed

Aims of the Course An introductory theoretical background of the study of meaning reinforced by practical exercises in order to enhance your critical thinking To define and explore the basic elements of semantics like sense, reference, predicates and predicators, universe of discourse, sense properties and sense relations.

What is semantics? It is the study of meaning Meaning is a part of language Linguistics is the study of language Semantics is a part of linguistics

Pick out all the instances of “mean” Check the dictionary, what does “liquid” mean? A: Come with me quickly B: What do you mean?

What is the meaning of … I’ll be back later I will return after sometime What the speaker mean? What words (or sentences) mean?

Speaker meaning It is what the speaker mean (i.e. intended to convey) when he uses a piece of language

Sentence (or word) meaning It is what a sentence or word means, i.e. what it counts as the equivalent of in the language concerned.

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