Semantics I
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Language Sciences - Linguistics |
Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S ![Requerida a integração com o Moodle Ícone do Moodle](/flup/pt/imagens/MoodleIcon)
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
DCL |
2 |
Study plan |
1 |
- |
6 |
41 |
162 |
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Obs.: Classes are taught in Portuguese.
Objectives
1.To deepen and enlarge knowledge on recent semantic developments;
2.To be able to apply that knowledge to a grounded analysis of language semantic aspects, with particular emphasis on Portuguese.
3. To encourage an analytical attitude towards the theoretical proposals and also to their relation to linguistic data.Learning outcomes and competences
1.To be able to apply the aqcuired knowledge to a grounded analysis of language semantic aspects, with particular emphasis on Portuguese.
2. Analytical attitude towards the theoretical proposals and also to their relation to linguistic data.
Working method
Presencial
Program
I. Semantic theory: objectives, restrictions, and conditions1. Formal Semantics and meaning.
2. The Compositionality Principle.
II. From Word Semantics to Sentence Semantics1. On the semantics of nouns
1.1. Semantic classification of nouns: proper nouns and common nouns.
1.2. Nouns and predicates.
1.3. Count nouns and non-count nouns.
2. Quantification and Quantifiers: quantifier types.
3. Definite and indefinite noun phrases.
4. Bare nouns.
III. Sentence Semantics1. Aspect: types of situations and sentence Aspect.
2. On types of situations: some problems.
3. Aspect and noun semantics.
4. Aspect and prepositional semantics.
5. Aspect and tenses.
Mandatory literature
BINNICK, R. I. (ed.) ; The Oxford Handbook of Tense and Aspect, Oxford: Oxford University Press., 2012
CHIERCHIA, G. & S. McCONNELL-GINET; Meaning and Grammar: an Introduction to Semantics, 2nd ed., Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2000. ISBN: ISBN: 0-262-53164-X
LAPPIN, S. (ed.) ; The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory, , Oxford: Blackwell., 1997
OLIVEIRA, F. ; “Semântica”, in Faria, I., E. Pedro, I. Duarte & C.Gouveia (orgs.) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, pp. 333-379., Ed. Caminho, série Linguística, 1996
OLIVEIRA, F., ; "Alguns Caminhos da Semântica" in Fiéis, A. e M.A. Coutinho (eds.) Textos Seleccionados do XXIV Encontro da APL, pp. 23-41., Lisboa, Colibri, 2009
SAEED, J. I. ; Semantics, Oxford: Blackwell., 2000. ISBN: 0-631-20035-5
SZABOLCSI, A. ; Quantification, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780521715935
ZIMMERMANN, T. E. & STERNEFELD, W. ; Introduction to Semantics. An Essential Guide to the Composition of Meaning, De Gruyter, 2013. ISBN: 978-3-11-030800-6
Complementary Bibliography
CUNHA, L.F.; "Aspeto". In. Raposo, E.P: et al (eds) Gramática do Português, cap.17., Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013
DUARTE, Inês. e Fàtima OLIVEIRA; “Referência Nominal” in Mateus, M. H. et al. Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, Editorial Caminho, 2006
Fátima Oliveira & Ana Cristina Macário Lopes; “Tense and Aspect in Portuguese” in Thieroff, R. (org.) Tense System in European Languages, vol. II, pp. 95-115. , Tubinga: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1995
OLIVEIRA, F. ; “Tempo e Aspecto” in Mateus, M. H. et al. Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, pp. 127-178, Editorial Caminho, 2006
Comments from the literature
During the semester, information about the relevant chapters and/or pages, and about supplementary bibliography will be given.
Teaching methods and learning activities
1. Presentation of the topics, with handouts, together with reading suggestions.
2. Development of techniques for analysing and manipulating semantic data.
3. Presentation (by the students) and discussion of some of the reading suggestions.
4. Research work on a selected topic (with oral presentation following the scientific meetings patterns. and a written text, incorporating the comments of oral presentation, following the rules for a written paper to be published). keywords
Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Semantics
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Prova oral |
20,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
60,00 |
Participação presencial |
20,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
60,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
41,00 |
Trabalho de investigação |
61,00 |
Total: |
162,00 |
Eligibility for exams
According to the rules.
Calculation formula of final grade
1. Essay: 60%
2. Oral presentation: 20%.
3. Participation in classes: 20%Examinations or Special Assignments
According to the legislation.
Internship work/project
Not applicable.
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
According to the legislation.
Classification improvement
Not applicable.