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| Campus | Bryn Mawr |
| Semester | Spring 2025 |
| Registration ID | LINGB114001 |
| Course Title | Introduction to Semantics |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Linguistics |
| Instructor | Payne,Amanda |
| Times and Days | TTh 11:40am-01:00pm
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2059 This course is designed to introduce you to the formal study of meaning in language: semantics. We will discuss elements of word meaning, formal logic, generative semantics, and pragmatics, slowly building our theory as we incorporate new linguistic phenomena from multiple human languages. No linguistic or logic background is assumed, but we will be using tools from set theory, model theory, and syntax in order to construct semantic analyses. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC), Scientific Investigation (SI); Enrollment Cap: 25; If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: (1) Sr. Ling Majors; (2) Jr. Ling Majors; (3) Sr. Ling Minors; (4) Jr. Ling Minors; (5) Neuroscience minors; (6) sophomores; (7) first years; (8) everyone else |
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