Aabi Mustapha

Course tutor: Dr. Mustapha Aabi

Course title: Semantics & Pragmatics

Semester: 5

Course book: Hurford, J. R., Haesley, B. & Smith, M. B. (2nd edition 2007), Semantics. CUP: Cambridge. 

Further reading: Saeed, J. I. (4th edition 2016), Semantics, Blackwell: Oxford.

  • About semantics

  • Sentences, utterances, and propositions

  • Workshop

  • Sense and reference

  • Referring expressions

  • Predicates

  • Workshop

  • Sense relations (synonymy & hyponymy)

  • Workshop

  • Sense relations (antonymy)
  • Workshop

  • Deixis

  • Workshop

  • Arguments and Thematic Roles

  • Workshop

  • Logic

  • Workshop

  • Cooperative principle & Politeness Principle

  • Workshop

  • Speech Acts

  • Workshop

  • Pragmatics & discourse

  • Workshop