Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE FACULTY OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

Rancangan Pengajaran Mingguan

SEMESTER 2 2013/2014

Nama dan Kod Kursus : BBI 3219 Semantics and Pragmatics (Semantik dan Pragmatik)

Jam Kredit : 3 (3+0)

Penyelaras/Pensyarah : Dr. Zalina bt. Mohd. Kasim E-mail: [email protected] Office: 1st Floor, A153 Tel: 03-8946 8733

Semester : Kedua 2013/2014

Tempat dan Masa Kuliah : Dewan Za’aba Wednesday 3-4pm, Friday 10am-12pm

COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the course, students will be able to: 1. describe how meaning is structured through language and language used in context (C2), 2. explain various types and dimensions of meaning, and principles that underlie meaning in language and language use (P2), 3. use different approaches to analyse meaning at lexical, structural and discoursal levels (A5), and 4. develop an inquiring mind to seek knowledge (CTPS, EM)

COURSE SYNOPSIS

This course covers how meaning is structured through language use in context, different types and dimensions of meaning in language and language use, and various approaches to the analysis of meaning of linguistic units at various levels, and language use. It provides practice in the application of semantic and pragmatic principles to an understanding of a variety of texts.

(Kursus ini merangkumi bagaimana makna dibentuk melalui bahasa, pelbagai jenis dan dimensi makna dalam bahasa dan penggunaan bahasa, dan pelbagai pendekatan terhadap analisis makna di pelbagai tahap unit linguistik serta penggunaan bahasa dalam konteks. Kursus ini melatih pelajar mengaplikasi prinsip semantik dan pragmatik dalam pemahaman pelbagai teks). KANDUNGAN / CONTENT

Week Topic Readings 1 Semantics and Pragmatics: an overview Cruse – Chapter 1 - Defining semantics : what is meaning Creidler – Chap 1 & Chap 2 - Defining pragmatics Griffiths – Chap 1: 1 – 23 - Semantics distinguished from pragmatics Hurford – Chap 1

2 Types and Dimensions of meaning Creidler – p. 42-49, 131-136 - Sentence, utterance and propositions Hurford – p. 16-25 - Denotation, reference and inference, connotation Cruse – p. 21-22 Palmer – Chap 3

3 Meaning, thought and reality Saeed – Chap 2: 23-49 - Categories and concepts Cruse – Chap 7: 127-141 - Prototype theory Lobner – Chap 9: 171-199 - Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

4 Meaning and the Lexicon Palmer – p. 56-8 - Analysing word meaning Creidler – p. 51-56, 87-110 - Sense relations: synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy Saeed – p. 53-85, Chap 3, Chap 9: - Componential Analysis – lexical decomposition 247-250 Hurford – Chap 3: 93-140 Lobner – p 42-44

5 Historical Semantics To be announced

6 Figurative Language Griffiths – Chap 5: p. 78-92 - Compositional meaning Cruse – Chap 4: 67-79 - The Principle of Compositionality Saeed – Chap 11: 342-362 - Metaphor, Metonymy, Idioms - Synecdoche

7 Structure and meaning I Palmer – Chap 6 - Words in combination Creidler – Chap 155: 157-174 - Locating meaning in sentences - Paraphrase, entailment

8 Structure and meaning II Saeed – Chap 5: 116-147 - Type, tense, aspect Cruse – Chap 14: 267-291 - Modality, quantification Creidler – Chap 10: 199-222, 239- 246 9 Contextual meaning / context and inference Saeed – Chap 7: 181-201 - Utterance meaning Cruse – Chap 15: 305-326 - Style and manner in interaction Creidler – Chap 7: 129-151, 239- - Problems with interpretation – dictionary/ 246 encyclopedia distinction - Deixis, reference

10 Cooperation and Implicature Hurford – Chap 6 - The cooperative principle, Grice’s maxim Saeed – Chap 7: 202-210 - Conversational implicature, Relevance Theory Cruse – Chap 17: 349-368 - Conventional implicature 11 Speech Acts and Events Creidler – Chap 9: 176-194 - The speech act theory Hurford – Chap 6 - Felicity conditions Cruse – Chap 16: 331-345 - Speech act classification

12 Politeness and Interaction Hurford – Chap 6 - Politeness theory Yule – Chap 7 - Positive and negative face - Positive and negative politeness

13 Presentation 14 Presentation

* There may be some changes in the topics throughout the semester

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Cruse, A. (2000) Meaning in Language. Oxford: OUP. (P325 C957 2011) Creidler, C. W. (1998) Introducing English Semantics. London: Routledge (PE1585 K92) Griffiths, P. (2006) An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.( PE1585 G855) Hurford, J. R., Heasley, B. & Smith M. B. (2007) Semantics: A Coursebook (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (P325 H963) Palmer, F. R. (1981) Semantics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (P325 P3 1981) Saieed. J. I. (2003) Semantics (2nd ed.). Malden: Blackwell Publishing. Yule, G. (1996) Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (P99.4 P72Y95)

PENILAIAN/EVALUATION

Mid Semester Test (20%) Assignment 1 (30%) Assignment 2(20%) Final Exam (30%)

NOTE: No replacement assignments or exams will be given without a valid reason such as MC, illness or death in a family or other reason deemed valid by the lecturer.

Important Notes/Reminders

 Please ensure that you are not late for lectures- so be punctual!  Attendance is compulsory (Please provide letters or MC for absenteeism)  If you have less than 80% attendance you can be barred from taking the final examination.  Plagiarised or copied work will be given a grade of “F”.  All assignments must be handed in on time.  Late assignments will be downgraded by 10%.  Due dates for assignments are as noted in the content schedule.  If you need to contact me please do so via email or on my office extension.