Semantics ENGL 407 REEM ALMOISHEER Rules to follow

Semantics ENGL 407 REEM AL-MOISHEER

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

Commitment n Time ¨ Of lecture ¨ Assignment (deadline)

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

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

Talking (−/+) English Language n Permission n

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

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

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

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

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

How to contact me n 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 n In case I am not available: ¨ Email me at: reem. almoisheer@gmail. com r. almoisheer@ut. edu. sa ¨ Leave a written message (office/colleague) n 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 n To define and explore the basic elements of semantics like sense, reference, predicates and predicators, universe of discourse, sense properties and sense relations. n

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

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

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

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

Sentence (or word) meaning n 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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